ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323156
| Date: | Friday 14 December 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Let L-410A |
| Owner/operator: | Eagle Air |
| Registration: | 5X-CNF |
| MSN: | 730208 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Geti -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Bunia Airport (BUX/FZKA) |
| Beni Airport (BNC/FZNP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Let departed Bunia at 08:00 for a flight back to Entebbe with an intermediate stop at Beni. The aircraft crashed 40 km east of Bunia; it may have been shot down by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, fighting the Uganda government. Poor weather is also rumored to have played a role in the accident.
Sources:
The Monitor
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Praha-Ruzyne Airport (PRG); 18 September 1993
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