Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 28 December 2014
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-26
Owner/operator: AG Air
Registration Number: 4L-AFS
Location: 26 km S of Uvira –
ÿ Congo (Democratic Republic)
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Category: Accident
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Description
An Antonov cargo plane is said to have impacted a forested mountainside near Uvira, D.R. Congo, killing all six crew members. The airplane landed at Entebbe, Uganda at 05:23 local time on December 27 for a technical stop. The airplane departed at 11:09 for Bujumbura, Burundi under flight number AGS902. After midnight on December 28 the Antonov departed Bujumbura and headed west, bound for to Pointe Noire, Congo. It impacted a mountainside just across the border in D.R. Congo. Formally 4L-AFS was deregistered from the Georgian aircraft register in 2014.
Source of Information
http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2014/12/29/rdc-le-crash-dun-antonov-fait-6-morts-uvira/, http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/663288-caa-speaks-out-on-drc-plane-crash.htmlhttp://radiookapi.net/actualite/2014/12/29/rdc-le-crash-dun-antonov-fait-6-morts-uvira/, http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/663288-caa-speaks-out-on-drc-plane-crash.htmlShare on:
