2010 Filair Let L-410 crash · Bandundu Province
On August 25, 2010, 2010 Filair Let L-410 crash (Bandundu Province). 20 people died.
- Date
- August 25, 2010
- Place
- Bandundu Province
- Operator
- Filair
- Killed
- 20
- Position
- 3.311°S, 17.373°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q2290851
From Wikipedia
On 25 August 2010, a Let L-410 Turbolet passenger aircraft of Filair crashed on approach to Bandundu Airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all but one of the 21 people on board.
From a statement by the sole survivor, the accident was possibly the result of the occupants rushing to the front of the aircraft to escape from a crocodile smuggled on board by one of the passengers. The move compromised the aircraft's balance to the point that control of the aircraft was lost. However, some sources doubt this claim.
Text from Wikipedia, “2010 Filair Let L-410 crash”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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