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DRC Plane Crash Kills at Least 19

   VOA News 25 August 2010

   Officials  in  the Democratic Republic of Congo say at least 19 people
   were killed in a plane crash Wednesday, but that two others survived.
   The deputy governor of Bandundu province, Vicky Mboso Muteba, says the
   passenger plane crashed after a failed attempt to land Wednesday at an
   airport  in  the  western  town  of  Bandundu.   She  says  the plane
   apparently  ran out of fuel and hit a house as it crashed.  It is not
   clear if anyone on the ground was killed.
   The United Nations confirmed the crash.
   The  DRC  has  one  of  the worst air safety records in the world, and
   crashes  there  are frequent.  The country's aviation sector includes
   many decaying, Soviet-era planes.

   All  of  the  country's  registered  planes  are  on  a European Union
   blacklist, meaning they are banned from flying into European airspace.
   
   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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