Boeing 727-100 crash, Jul 8, 2011 (77 killed), Kisangani
Boeing 727-100 accident on July 8, 2011 near Kisangani, Orientale, Democratic Republic of Congo with 77 fatalities. Cause: Not formally determined. A...
- Date: July 8, 2011
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Kisangani, Orientale, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Fatalities: 77
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not formally determined. A preliminary report blamed the crew for misjudging weather, plus airline and airport authority failures, and the airline disputed these findings.
A Hewa Bora Boeing 727 on a domestic flight from Kinshasa to Kisangani crashed on approach in thunderstorms and poor visibility. It hit terrain about 400 metres short of the threshold of runway 31, with 77 of the 115 people on board killed. The airport had no published instrument approach procedure.