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Aviation Safety Network
Status: Preliminary
Date: 21 MAR 2011
Type: Antonov 12
Operator: Trans Air Congo
Registration: registration unknown
C/n / msn:
First flight:
Crew: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Total: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Ground casualties: Fatalities: 5
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: near Pointe Noire Airport (PNR) (Congo)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Brazzaville-Maya Maya Airport (BZV) (BZV/FCBB), Congo
Destination airport: Pointe Noire Airport (PNR) (PNR/FCPP), Congo
Narrative:
An Antonov cargo plane was destroyed when it crashed in the Mvoumvou residential area of Pointe-Noire, Congo.
The airplane was approaching runway 17 when it came down. Preliminary reports indicate that 14 people were killed. Russian news sources report that the airplane involved in the accident was an An-12 while other sources indicated that an An-32 may have been involved.
AFP quoted a local official who reported that there were four crew members and five passengers on the plane. A total of 14 bodies were pulled from the scene of the accident. A spokesman of the Russian embassy in Brazzaville reported that the four crew members were Russians.
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