There is confusion today over the death toll in the Congo plane tragedy, where passengers were sucked out of the aircraft mid-air after a rear door swung open.

The survivors of a mid-air tragedy in which 129 people are believed to have died are being treated for shock.

More than 120 passengers died when they were sucked out of a transport plane when its massive rear cargo door burst open at 7,000 feet over the Democratic Republic of Congo.

At least 100 passengers died when the doors of a Soviet-era plane opened mid-flight over the Democratic Republic of Congo, military officials said today.