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Crash: Hewa Bora B721 at Kisangani on Jul 8th 2011, missed runway on landing
"A Hewa Bora Airways Boeing 727-100, registration 9Q-COP performing flight EO-952 from Kinshana N'Djili to Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo) with 112 people on board, missed Kisangani's runway while attempting to land in poor weather conditions (heavy rain, limited visibility, thunderstorms in the area) at 15:00L (14:00Z) and broke up coming to rest about 300 meters from the runway. Emergency serivces rescued at least 42 people alive, at least 46 occupants perished."
Read more: http://avherald.com/h?article=43f62982&opt=0
Hewa Bora, which means "fresh air," in Swahili, is on a European Union list of airlines banned due to security concerns, RTE reported. Congo has one of the worst air transport safety and security records in the world.
Mike / Speedbird
"A Hewa Bora Airways Boeing 727-100, registration 9Q-COP performing flight EO-952 from Kinshana N'Djili to Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo) with 112 people on board, missed Kisangani's runway while attempting to land in poor weather conditions (heavy rain, limited visibility, thunderstorms in the area) at 15:00L (14:00Z) and broke up coming to rest about 300 meters from the runway. Emergency serivces rescued at least 42 people alive, at least 46 occupants perished."
Read more: http://avherald.com/h?article=43f62982&opt=0
Hewa Bora, which means "fresh air," in Swahili, is on a European Union list of airlines banned due to security concerns, RTE reported. Congo has one of the worst air transport safety and security records in the world.
Mike / Speedbird
