Congolese Government

The plane was carrying 112 people aboard including passengers and crew. There are 49 survivors of the accident. The Hewa Bora airline listed on the black list of the EU for security reasons. A total of 63 people were killed Friday and 49 saved lives after crashing a plane with 112 passengers on the international airport in Kisangani, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said the Congolese Government. The plane, from the Congolese Hewa Bora airline, had left Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo, and crashed while trying to land near the airport. The accident occurred about 200 meters from the airport of Kisangani during landing amid heavy rain, said governmental spokesman, Lambert Mende, specifying that the rescue operations are continuing. The pilot attempted to land but apparently failed to touch the runway, Papaioannou explained. The airline is contained in the blacklist of the European Union for reasons of Security. Source of the news: at least 63 killed in the crash of a plane in Congo