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Viewing cable 08KINSHASA725, PLANE CRASHES NEAR BUKAVU; NO SIGN OF SURVIVORS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08KINSHASA725 2008-09-03 07:27 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO3965
RR RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0725/01 2470727
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 030727Z SEP 08
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8377
RUEHDK/AMEMBASSY DAKAR 0219
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 1477
INFO RUCNSAD/SADC COLLECTIVE
RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUZEJAA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000725 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PASS DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION 
USAID FOR OFDA: MSHIRLEY and AFR/EA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAIR ECON PGOV CG
SUBJECT: PLANE CRASHES NEAR BUKAVU; NO SIGN OF SURVIVORS 
 
REF:  KINSHASA 349 
KINSHASA 367 
KINSHASA 363 
 
1.  (SBU) Summary.  An Air Serv International plane carrying 
seventeen persons, including two pilots, crashed in heavy rain near 
Bukavu on September 1.  Rescue efforts remain underway, but there 
are no signs of survivors.  Several UN and aid workers were on 
board, but no American citizens were listed on the flight manifest. 
Initial reports indicate the crash was likely due to weather-related 
conditions.  The National Transportation Security Board (NTSB) 
offered to send an investigator to assist with the crash 
investigation, but the GDRC's Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) has 
thus far declined.  USG employees and contractors are already 
prohibited from flying on domestically owned and operated airlines, 
and Air Serv is one of the few remaining options for official USG 
in-country travel.  End Summary. 
 
Crash Wreckage Found, All Seventeen Presumed Dead 
--------------------------------------------- ---- 
 
2.  (U) A humanitarian plane carrying fifteen passengers and two 
pilots crashed into a mountain near Bukavu in the South Kivu 
province on September 1.  The plane, operated by U.S.-based Air Serv 
International, lost contact with ground control and went missing 
just before landing in a severe rainstorm.  The flight was scheduled 
to land in Bukavu after leaving Kisangani in the Orientale province. 
 Rescue helicopter pilots spotted the wreckage on the slope of a 
mountain eight miles northwest of Bukavu on September 2, but there 
was no sign of survivors.  The rescue helicopter was unable to land, 
and a second, smaller helicopter was reportedly sent to the crash 
site. 
 
3.  (SBU) The plane, a 19-seat Beechcraft 1900 with two South 
African pilots, was carrying nine passengers from the UN Development 
Program (including one Canadian citizen), two from the UN Office for 
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, three from Handicap 
International, and one from Doctors without Borders.  There were no 
American citizens reported to be onboard. 
 
GDRC Civil Aviation Declines Help from NTSB 
------------------------------------------- 
 
4.  (SBU) An investigator from the National Transportation Safety 
Board (NTSB) will be traveling to Kenya on September 3, and told 
EconOff that he would be available to assist the AAC during any 
crash investigations.  The NTSB investigator, who has a close 
working relationship with the GDRC's Civil Aviation Authority (AAC), 
assisted the GDRC following the Hewa Bora crash on April 15.  (Refs 
A and B) 
 
5.  (SBU) EconOff relayed the offer to the AAC Director, Fortunat 
Richard Nyanguile, on September 2.  The Director was reluctant to 
accept any offer of assistance at this time because the plane was 
registered in South Africa instead of the DRC, implying there would 
be no follow-on investigation.  The Director also said the crash was 
weather-related and not due to any technical failure.  (Comment: 
While the crash may indeed have been strictly weather-related, it is 
too early to rule out any technical problems.  Although AAC has 
accepted NTSB assistance in the past, Nyanguile seemed to be 
positioning for a hands-off approach for the aftermath of this 
latest crash.  End Comment.) 
 
Dwindling Options for USG Travel 
-------------------------------- 
 
6.  (SBU) Air Serv International is a not-for-profit aviation 
organization based in Warrenton, Virginia that supports the large 
community of aid workers, UN/MONUC representatives, and members of 
the diplomatic corps in the DRC.  Following the April 15 Hewa Bora 
crash, Post's Emergency Action Committee prohibited USG employees 
and contractors from traveling on domestically owned and operated 
airlines.  (Ref C)  Air Serv, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), and 
MONUC flights have since been the only options available for 
official USG in-country travel.  An Air Serv representative told 
EconOff on September 2 that all future Air Serv flights will 
continue as scheduled, but even a temporary grounding of some 
flights will exacerbate an already severe shortage of transportation 
options. 
 
 
KINSHASA 00000725  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
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