ONU: disperso in Congo aereo con aiuti umanitari

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01 set 23:47 Esteri

KINSHASA (Repubblica democratica del Congo) - Un aereo con a bordo aiuti umanitari e' disperso dopo essere incappato in una tempesta nella zona orientale della Repubblica democratica del Congo. Lo fanno sapere fonti dell'Onu. L'Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite ha detto di non sapere quante persone fossero a bordo del velivolo - un Beechcraft della compagnia locale Air Serv che puo' trasportare 19 passeggeri - che stava viaggiando da Kisangani a Bukavu. In corso le ricerche dell'aereo. (Agr)

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Crash: Air Serv B190 near Bukavu on Sep 1st 2008, missing UN flight found crashed
By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Sep 2nd 2008 09:45Z, last updated Tuesday, Sep 2nd 2008 10:04Z

An Air Serv International Beech 1900D on a humanitarian mission on behalf of the United Nations, performing a passenger flight from Kisangani to Bukavu (Democratic Republic of Congo) with 15 passengers and 2 crew, has been found crashed early September 2nd 06:10Z on a steep ridge 8 miles northwest of Bukavu. Helicopters performing a visual search could not detect any signs of survivors.

Radio contact to the airplane was lost about 10 minutes prior to estimated landing at Bukavu Monday afternoon (Sep 1st), the airplane was pronounced missing later as it did not land on any airport in the region. Weather was reported heavy rain and poor visibility, Air Serv International reports on their website. An aerial search succeeded in locating the airplane the next day.

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