Bunia – Beni – Entebbe

On December 14, 2001 at 08:45 AM, Bunia – Beni – Entebbe experienced a crash involving Let L-410, operated by Eagle Air - Uganda, with the event recorded near Geti Orientale.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

En route from Bunia to Beni, while cruising in poor weather conditions, the twin engine airplane crashed in a wooded and hilly terrain located near Geti, some 40 km east of Bunia. All six occupants were killed. The exact cause of the accident remains unknown but the aircraft may have been shot down by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels fighting the Uganda government.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5X-CNF, MSN 73 02 08, year of manufacture 1973.