Plane crash in DR Congo kills more than a dozen
Civilians and senior military officials among 14 dead after an army plane crashes into a residential area in the DRC.
At least 14 people, including senior military officials, were killed on Friday when a Congolese army plane crashed in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The plane was travelling to the capital, Kinshasa, from the southwestern city of Kikwit on Friday when it developed a technical fault and attempted to land in Kenge, in Kwango province.
Remy Saki Bokinda, deputy governor of Kwango, said: “With no landing strip available in Kenge, the plane crashed into a residential plot.”
According to the military, among those killed were civilians and members of an official delegation travelling with the two generals, along with other military personnel.