Bukavu – Lusenge

On February 14, 2011 at 04:15 PM, Bukavu – Lusenge experienced a crash involving Let L-410, operated by African Air Services, with the event recorded near Bukavu Sud-Kivu.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Eight minutes after takeoff from Bukavu-Kavumu Airport, while climbing, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances on the slope of Mt Biega, some 25 km north of Bukavu. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed. They were completing a cargo flight to Lusenge.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9Q-CIF, MSN 83 09 22, year of manufacture 1983.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -2.4982°, 28.8549°.