1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crash

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1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crash
Shootdown
A Boeing 727 similar to the accident aircraft
Date	10 October 1998 (1998-10-10)
Summary	Airliner shootdown
Site	Near Kindu Airport, Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2°57′0″N 25°57′0″E / 2.95000°N 25.95000°E / 2.95000; 25.95000
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 727-30
Operator	Lignes Aériennes Congolaises
Registration	9Q-CSG
Flight origin	Kindu Airport
Destination	N'djili Airport
Occupants	41
Passengers	38
Crew	3
Fatalities	41
Survivors	0

On 10 October 1998, a Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 flying a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kindu to Kinshasa was shot down by rebel forces shortly after taking off. All 41 occupants on board the aircraft were killed.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30, registration 9Q-CSG, that had its maiden flight on 10 March 1965.

Description of the event

The Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30 took off from Kindu Airport (KND/FZOA) on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight to N'djili Airport in Kinshasa with 38 passengers and 3 crew on board. Only 3 minutes into the flight, the rear of the aircraft was struck by a Russian-made shoulder-fired Strela 2 surface-to-air missile launched by rebel forces during the Second Congo War. The captain attempted an emergency landing, but the 727 crashed into a dense jungle near Kindu. All 41 people on board died.

References

^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 18 June 2012.
"Airline safety review – Fatal events: hostile action or unlawful Interference with aircraft safety". Flight International: 28. 13–19 January 1999. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
"CRASH OF A BOEING 727-30 NEAR KINDU: 41 KILLED". Bureau of Accidents Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
"Insurgents in Congo Shoot Down an Airliner Carrying 40 People". The New York Times. 11 October 1998. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
"No survivors in airliner shot down by DRC rebels". Mail & Guardian. 11 October 1998. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1998 (1998)
Feb 2 Cebu Pacific Flight 387Feb 3 Cavalese cable car crashFeb 12 Sudan Air Force crashFeb 16 China Airlines Flight 676Mar 18 Formosa Airlines Flight 7623Mar 19 Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashMar 22 Philippine Airlines Flight 137Apr 20 Air France Flight 422May 5 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crashMay 25 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 544May 26 MIAT Mongolian Airlines crashJun 18 Propair Flight 420Jun 28 United Airlines Flight 863Jul 30 Indian Airlines Flight 503Jul 30 Proteus Airlines Flight 706Aug 5 Korean Air Flight 8702Aug 24 Myanma Airways Flight 635Aug 29 Cubana de Aviación Flight 389Sep 2 Swissair Flight 111Sep 25 PauknAir Flight 4101Sep 29 Lionair Flight 602Oct 10 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crashDec 11 Thai Airways International Flight 261
1997 ◄ ► 1999

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1998 (1998)

Feb 2 Cebu Pacific Flight 387Feb 3 Cavalese cable car crashFeb 12 Sudan Air Force crashFeb 16 China Airlines Flight 676Mar 18 Formosa Airlines Flight 7623Mar 19 Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashMar 22 Philippine Airlines Flight 137Apr 20 Air France Flight 422May 5 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crashMay 25 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 544May 26 MIAT Mongolian Airlines crashJun 18 Propair Flight 420Jun 28 United Airlines Flight 863Jul 30 Indian Airlines Flight 503Jul 30 Proteus Airlines Flight 706Aug 5 Korean Air Flight 8702Aug 24 Myanma Airways Flight 635Aug 29 Cubana de Aviación Flight 389Sep 2 Swissair Flight 111Sep 25 PauknAir Flight 4101Sep 29 Lionair Flight 602Oct 10 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crashDec 11 Thai Airways International Flight 261

1997 ◄ ► 1999

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgian Congo, and Zaire
1940s	Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash (May 1948) Sabena Douglas C-47 crash (August 1948)
1990s	Air Africa crash (January 1996) Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crash (October 1998)
2000s	Congo air disaster (May 2003) Free Airlines L-410 crash (June 2007) Africa One Antonov An-26 crash (October 2007) Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122 (April 2008)
2010s	Filair Let L-410 crash (August 2010) Georgian Airways Flight 834 (April 2011) Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952 (July 2011) Katanga Express Gulfstream IV crash (February 2012) Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 crash (March 2013) Busy Bee Congo Dornier 228 crash (November 2019)
2020s	MONUSCO helicopter crash (March 2022)

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