09/07/2011 11:07
Passenger plane crashes in Congo
A passenger plane with 112 people on board has crashed at Kisangani airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say, according to BBC.
More than 50 people have been found alive, but more than 50 others are known to have died, reports say. Many of the injured are badly burned.
The plane, operated by the Congolese airline Hewa Bora, had tried to land in bad weather.
The Boeing 727 had flown from the capital, Kinshasa.
"The pilot tried to land but apparently they didn't touch the runway," Hewa Bora chief executive Stavros Papaioannou told Reuters.
An official at Kinsangani airport said he saw the plane hit the ground in a forest area and end up in a bamboo grove, where it caught fire.
A witness said 53 bodies had been recovered, including those of the two pilots.