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Viewing cable 08KINSHASA349, PLANE CRASH KILLS DOZENS IN GOMA, EASTERN CONGO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08KINSHASA349 2008-04-15 17:51 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO8165
PP RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0349 1061751
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 151751Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHDK/AMEMBASSY DAKAR PRIORITY 0216
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 1472
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7886
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHDK/AMEMBASSY DAKAR PRIORITY 0217
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 1473
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC PRIORITY
RUZEJAA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK PRIORITY
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
UNCLAS KINSHASA 000349 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PASS DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION 
USAID FOR OFDA: MSHIRLEY and AFR/EA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CASC EAIR ECON PGOV
SUBJECT: PLANE CRASH KILLS DOZENS IN GOMA, EASTERN CONGO 
 
REF: 07 KINSHASA 1183 
 
1. (U) Summary. A Congolese airliner carrying 79 passengers and 5 
crew members crashed on takeoff from Goma airport in eastern Congo 
at 14:45 local time on April 15, killing dozens of people including 
passengers and persons on the ground. The majority of passengers 
appear to have survived, but exact numbers are unavailable.  The 
pilots apparently attempted to abort takeoff, possibly after a blown 
tire, but continued off the runway and into a crowded neighborhood 
near a market area.  USG personnel in Goma have determined that four 
U.S. citizens, all members of the same family, are among the 
survivors and are being cared for in a local hospital. End summary. 
 
2. (U) A U.S.-made DC-9, owned and operated by Congolese airline 
Hewa Bora, en route to Kinshasa via Kisangani, crashed on takeoff 
from Goma airport, eastern Congo, on Tuesday afternoon at 14:45, 
killing dozens of persons, including people on the ground in the 
Birere neighborhood next to the airport.  Early eyewitness reports 
indicate that the pilots attempted to abort the takeoff, possibly in 
response to a blown tire, but were unable to prevent the plane from 
leaving the runway, plowing into a densely populated area that 
included a market, and bursting into flames.  USG personnel in Goma, 
there working on the Goma Peace Process, have determined that many, 
perhaps most, of the passengers survived the crash. They report that 
four U.S. citizens listed on the plane's manifest, all members of 
the same family, survived the crash and are being cared for at the 
Heal Africa hospital in Goma.  The extent of their injuries is not 
known at this time. 
 
3. (U) Goma airport, on the east side of crowded Goma town, along 
the DRC border with Rwanda, is the base for many U.N. Mission to the 
DRC (MONUC) planes and helicopters, but few passenger carriers at 
this time.  Hewa Bora, which only recently began flying between 
Kinshasa and Goma, was the only remaining commercial carrier since 
the departure of Air Bravo and the grounding, reportedly for 
mechanical reasons, of the U.S.-owned carrier CAA.  The runway, 
which runs north-south along the Rwandan border, is shorter now than 
it was five years ago at the time of the Nyiragongo Volcano 
eruption, which dumped lava at the north end of the runway, 
shortening it and making it unusable for the large cargo aircraft 
that used to land there.  (Note: there was talk recently of an 
initiative to remove the lava from the runway and return it to its 
former length.  End note.)  Flights in and out of Goma, including 
MONUC planes, helicopters, and dozens of cargo flights from the 
interior, pass over heavily crowded portions of town before heading 
out over Lake Kivu to the south and on to their destinations. 
 
4. (SBU) Comment.  Because of the humanitarian crisis and ongoing 
conflict in eastern Congo's North Kivu province, Goma is the base of 
operations for not only MONUC and many of its peacekeeping forces, 
but also for dozens of UN and international organizations staffed by 
Congolese and hundreds of expatriate personnel.  While many 
peacekeeping, humanitarian and development workers are able to fly 
on MONUC aircraft (including well-maintained but infamous Antonov 
planes, otherwise officially banned now in the DRC), businesspersons 
and embassy personnel are normally forced to find seats on 
commercial aircraft.  This had become more difficult lately, despite 
increased attention to the conflict and humanitarian needs of North 
Kivu.  This crash will certainly give pause to those used to flying 
commercial aircraft in the DRC.  End Comment. 
 
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