Investigation authority indicates no survivors after turboprop came down near Kenge.
Congolese investigators state that there are no survivors from a Let Aircraft Industries L-410UVP which crashed on 25 September.
The twin-engined aircraft came down in the town of Kenge, some 200km east of Kinshasa.
Investigation authority BPEA says the aircraft was operated by Tracep Congo Aviation, which is based in Goma.
BPEA identifies the airframe involved as 9S-GUC.
“There are reportedly no survivors and the aircraft is completely burnt out,” the authority adds.
It has sent investigators to the scene. BPEA is seeking a passenger manifest from the operator, and requesting assistance from civil and military authorities to preserve the accident site.
Congolese newspaper Le Potentiel reports that the aircraft was returning to Kinshasa from Kikwit with a number of senior government figures among its occupants, including the auditor general of the armed forces.
Kenge is about halfway along the intended route.
Tracep Congo Aviation is among the carriers which feature on the European Union’s airline blacklist, as a result of the blanket prohibition on operators from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
BPEA is already investigating two other aviation accidents which occurred earlier this month, one involving a Douglas DC-8 and the other involving a Boeing 737-300, neither of which resulted in injuries.
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