1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crash
The 1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crash was a non-scheduled domestic Kindu–Kinshasa passenger service that was shot down by rebel forces, just after takeoff from Kindu Airport, during climbout, on 10 October 1998. All 41 occupants of the aircraft perished in the incident.
A Boeing 727 similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Shootdown | |
|---|---|
| Date | 10 October 1998 |
| Summary | Airliner shootdown |
| Site | Near Kindu Airport, Kindu, Democratic Republic of Congo 2°57′0″N 25°57′0″E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-30 |
| Operator | Lignes Aériennes Congolaises |
| Registration | 9Q-CSG |
| Flight origin | Kindu Airport |
| Destination | N'djili Airport |
| Passengers | 38 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 41 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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