1996 Air Africa crash [SEP] point in time
1996 Air Africa crash
The 1996 Air Africa crash occurred on 8 January when an overloaded Air Africa Antonov An-32B aircraft, wet leased from Moscow Airways and bound for Kahemba Airport, overshot the runway at N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo after failing to take off and ploughed into Kinshasa's Simbazikita street market. Although four of the aircraft's six crew survived, 225-348 fatalities and around 253 serious injuries occurred on the ground. This is the largest number of non-passenger ground fatalities caused by the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing approximately 300 people ("see 1996 Air Africa crash"). At the time, the Russian Ministry of Transport had "suspended or withdrawn" Moscow Airways' air operator's license.