Dornier DO228 crash, Nov 24, 2019 (27 killed), Goma
Dornier DO228 accident on November 24, 2019 near Goma, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo with 27 fatalities.
- Date: November 24, 2019
- Aircraft: Dornier DO228
- Location: Goma, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Fatalities: 27
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
A Busy Bee Dornier 228 took off from Goma on a scheduled service to Butembo and soon asked to return to land. The airplane lost height and crashed onto houses in the Birere district south of the airport and caught fire. Twenty one of the 22 people on board and six people on the ground were killed, and the cause had not been publicly confirmed in the sources found.