The
Congolese aviation firm Gomair has confirmed that its cargo plane which
went missing on Thursday after delivering materials for an upcoming
presidential election had crashed. Gomair’s financial director, Jean
de Dieu Gato Karekezi said he's yet to have any information about
casualties. The firm lost contact with the plane on Thursday evening as
it was flying back to Kinshasa after delivering materials to Tshikapa, a
city near the border with Angola. It was not immediately clear how
many people were on board. Karekezi said the plane had been rented by
the national electoral commission (CENI) to deliver election materials.
A CENI spokeswoman said the agent who had taken the flight to Tshikapa
had stayed there, but she did not provide any further information. The
incident follows a tumultuous week in Democratic Republic of Congo,
which has seen the long-anticipated election postponed for a week due to
logistical issues, clashes between protesters and police, and the
deaths of over 100 people in fights between ethnic groups in the
northwest.Cargo plane scheduled to deliver election materials crashes in Congo
The
Congolese aviation firm Gomair has confirmed that its cargo plane which
went missing on Thursday after delivering materials for an upcoming
presidential election had crashed. Gomair’s financial director, Jean
de Dieu Gato Karekezi said he's yet to have any information about
casualties. The firm lost contact with the plane on Thursday evening as
it was flying back to Kinshasa after delivering materials to Tshikapa, a
city near the border with Angola. It was not immediately clear how
many people were on board. Karekezi said the plane had been rented by
the national electoral commission (CENI) to deliver election materials.
A CENI spokeswoman said the agent who had taken the flight to Tshikapa
had stayed there, but she did not provide any further information. The
incident follows a tumultuous week in Democratic Republic of Congo,
which has seen the long-anticipated election postponed for a week due to
logistical issues, clashes between protesters and police, and the
deaths of over 100 people in fights between ethnic groups in the
northwest.
