A plane carrying 112 people has crashed while trying to land at Kisangani international airport in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Survivors who swam to safety after their overcrowded boat capsized on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo said fishermen refused to help drowning passengers, instead looting the goods aboard the burning vessel and beating people with oars.

Two boats capsized in separate incidents on Congo’s vast rivers, leaving 70 people dead and 200 others missing.