Boeing 707-300 – – Air Crash Data

Incident Overview

Date: Tuesday 4 August 1998

Aircraft Type: Boeing 707-300

Owner/operator: Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises – LAC, lsf Air Atlantic Cargo

Location: Kitona – ÿ Congo (Democratic Republic)

Phase of Flight: Unknown

Status: Unknown

Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:

Component Affected: Civilian aircraft (Boeing 727, Congo Air Cargo Boeing 707, Air Atlantic Cargo Boeing 727), Military aircraft (Congo Air Cargo Boeing 707, Air Atlantic Cargo Boeing 727).Civilian aircraft (Boeing 727, Congo Air Cargo Boeing 707, Air Atlantic Cargo Boeing 727), Military aircraft (Congo Air Cargo Boeing 707, Air Atlantic Cargo Boeing 727).

Category: Unlawful Interference

Description

During fighting between rebel forces and government troops in D.R. Congo, civilian aircraft were commandeered and the pilots forced to ferry troops and supplies in the planes. In each incident the plane was seized in Goma. In the August 2 incident Congolese rebels seized a Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Kinshasha-based Blue Airlines. Two days later, rebels commandeered a Congo Air Cargo Boeing 707 aircraft and forced the pilot to fly soldiers to the Kitona military air base in the western part of the country. A third plane, belonging to Air Atlantic Cargo and chartered to Lina Congo (LAC), was also seized and forced to fly to Kitona after stopping to refuel and pick up ammunition in Kinshasha. There were also reports of private planes and transport aircraft being seized.