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A plane caught fire when it crash-landed in the Congo.
A South African air force plane was flying 59 passengers and eight crew from the UN mission to Goma airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo when its left engine caught fire upon landing, according to Mathias Gillman, spokesperson for the UN’s peacekeeping mission Monusco.
Everyone onboard the C-130BZ military aircraft survived, according to the authorities.
It’s understood the plane also had cargo onboard.
Footage from the incident shows smoke billowing from the downed plane.
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People stand near the wreckage after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran
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2/18 People and rescue teams are pictured amid bodies and debris
All 176 people on board a Ukrainian passenger plane were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off, Iranian state media reported
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State news agency IRNA said 167 passengers and nine crew members were on board the aircraft operated by Ukraine International Airlines
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Rescue teams work at the scene
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Passengers' belongings
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Members of the International Red Crescent collect bodies of victims
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Rescue teams work amidst debris
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A relative of a victim reacts at Boryspil International Airport, outside Kiev
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Part of the wreckage
Iran Press via Reuters
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Officials inspect the wreckage
EPA
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People stand near the wreckage after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran
ISNA/AFP via Getty
2/18 People and rescue teams are pictured amid bodies and debris
All 176 people on board a Ukrainian passenger plane were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off, Iranian state media reported
ISNA/AFP via Getty
3/18 One of the engines
State news agency IRNA said 167 passengers and nine crew members were on board the aircraft operated by Ukraine International Airlines
Iran Press via Reuters
4/18
Rescue teams work at the scene
AFP via Getty
5/18
Passengers' belongings
West Asia News Agency via Reuters
6/18
Members of the International Red Crescent collect bodies of victims
EPA
7/18
Rescue teams work amidst debris
AFP via Getty
8/18
A relative of a victim reacts at Boryspil International Airport, outside Kiev
Reuters
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AP
10/18
ISNA/AFP via Getty
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AP
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Part of the wreckage
Iran Press via Reuters
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West Asia News Agency via Reuters
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AP
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AP
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AP
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Officials inspect the wreckage
EPA
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It’s not yet known why the plane crash-landed.
“Monusco sent a rescue team that brought the fire under control and everyone was safely evacuated,” Mr Gillman told The Associated Press.
The plane was returning from the DRC city of Beni.
It’s the second plane to crash in the DRC in the same number of months.
In November 2019, at least 27 people were killed, including some on the ground, when a small plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a rescue official.
The propeller plane, which was operated by local company Busy Bee, crashed shortly after take-off en route to the city of Beni, about 155 miles to the north.
The company said the 19-seater Dornier 228-200 had 16 passengers and two crew members on board.
The latest incident comes a day after a Ukraine International Boeing 737 jet crashed after take-off in Tehran.