Boeing 727-100 crash, Oct 31, 2005, Kindu
Boeing 727-100 accident on October 31, 2005 near Kindu, Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. Aquaplaning is...
- Date: October 31, 2005
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Kindu, Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. Aquaplaning is suspected but not confirmed.
A cargo flight carrying equipment for the Conader demobilisation commission landed at Kindu on a wet runway in heavy rain. It could not stop in the remaining distance, overran, lost its undercarriage and came to rest in a marshy field. All three occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.