In a tragic incident, there was a military plane crash in Congo. In the crash all the occupants including the pilot died on the spot. The plane was en route from the southwestern city of Kikwit to the capital city of Kinshasa.
According to reports, the aircraft experienced a technical problem and attempted to land in Kenge. But, there was no landing strip available hence the plane crashed into a residential plot.
The army’s auditor general, as well as a major, a captain and other military personnel and civilians died in the military plane crash in Congo. All of them died on the spot, an official report confirmed.
The aviation accident investigation authority of Congo has launched a probe into the crash, a government statement said.
Last month a similar incident had taken place in Peru. In which least 13 people were killed when a small aircraft crashed.
The incident occurred as the aircraft was transporting tourists, to observe the famous Nazca Lines, a collection of historic archaeological sites. Among the deceased are tourists from Germany, Spain, and Italy.
In a statement on Facebook on the plane crash in Peru, Nazca’s municipal government said, “the plane was taking tourists on a sightseeing flight of the Nazca Lines, a group of extensive geoglyphs scraped into the desert around Nazca hundreds of years ago by Peru’s Indigenous inhabitants. The lines form images of animals that can only be fully appreciated from planes or viewing towers.”
Peru’s Ministry for Trade and Tourism said that 11 “foreign tourists” and two crew members were on the plane that crashed. All the people onboard the aircraft died on the spot. An investigation has been initiated into the matter.
