1996 Air Africa crash in Kinshasa

An Antonov An-32B cargo aircraft flying under the name of Air Africa, operated by Moscow Airways and leased to the private carrier Scibe Airlift, came down on a market in the centre of Kinshasa. The victims were overwhelmingly people on the ground.

Date

1996-01-08

Deaths (Wikipedia list)

251

What the pin marks

The street market in Kinshasa beyond the runway of N'Dolo Airport, as the cited page positions it.

Where the position is published

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Air_Africa_Antonov_An-32_crash

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: aviation, dr congo, kinshasa, cargo aircraft, ground casualties

Coordinates: -4.3295, 15.318

Part of Airliner accidents that killed 200 or more people since 1970

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