Fri, 05 Oct, 2007 - 08:04
At least 25 people were killed when a cargo plane crashed in Congo’s capital seconds after take-off.
The aircraft cut a path of destruction through a poor neighbourhood of Kinshasa and slammed into three homes.
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CourtsHeathrowPlace: CongoPlace: KinshasaPlace: KingasaniPlace: TshikapaPlace: Kasai OccidentalPlace: Soviet statesPlace: KatangaPlace: centralPerson: Michel BonnardeauxPerson: Transport MinisterPerson: Remy KuseyoPerson: RussiansPerson: Civil aviation chiefPerson: Alphonse IlungaOrganisation: Aviation Safety NetworkOrganisation: Africa OneOrganisation: European UnionOrganisation: United NationsOrganisation: Congolese Red CrossOrganisation: Red CrossOrganisation: UNOrganisation: Radio OkapiOrganisation: Associated Press

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