26 Feared Dead in Plane Crash, Official Says
Twenty-six people were missing and feared dead after a plane crashed in eastern Congo, an aviation official said.
The plane, which disappeared shortly after takeoff Wednesday, was found by a government-led airborne search team near Bunyakiri, a village in dense forests and mountains, said Raymond Sangara, coordinator of Congo’s civil aviation authority.
The missing Antonov-12 crashed into the side of a cliff, and pieces of the wreckage were scattered in the valley below, said Sangara, who was aboard the search plane.
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