1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crash

2°57′0″N 25°57′0″E / 2.95000°N 25.95000°E / 2.95000; 25.95000AircraftAircraft typeBoeing 727-30OperatorLignes Aériennes CongolaisesRegistration9Q-CSGFlight originKindu AirportDestinationN'djili AirportOccupants41Passengers38Crew3Fatalities41Survivors0

On 10 October 1998, a Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 flying a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kindu to Kinshasawas shot down by rebel forces shortly after taking off. All 41 occupants on board the aircraft were killed.^[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30, registration 9Q-CSG, that had its maiden flight on 10 March 1965.^[1][2]

Description of the event

The Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30 took off from Kindu Airport (KND/FZOA) on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight to N'djili Airport in Kinshasa with 38 passengers and 3 crew on board. Only 3 minutes into the flight, the rear of the aircraft was struck by a Russian-made shoulder-fired Strela 2 surface-to-air missile launched by rebel forces during the Second Congo War. The captain attempted an emergency landing, but the 727 crashed into a dense jungle near Kindu. All 41 people on board died.^[1][3][4][5]

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