| Date: | Wednesday 19 August 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-3M8 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Korongo Airlines |
| Registration: | OO-LTM |
| MSN: | 25070/2037 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-3B2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mbuji-Mayi Airport (MJM) -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Mbuji-Mayi Airport (MJM/FZWA) |
| Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Boeing 737-300 was substantially damaged when loose runway tarmac slabs hit the stabilizers of the plane during takeoff from Mbuji-Mayi Airport.
The aircraft was grounded at Kinshasa and ferried to Algiers and Brussels, Belgium as flight SN9902 on August 31, 2015. At Brussels the aircraft was withdrawn from use and used as a fire trainer.
Korongo Airlines ceased operations after this accident.
Sources:
luchtzak.com
atcnews.org
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 May 2013 | OO-LTM | Korongo Airlines | 0 | Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM/FZQA) | |
min |
| Collision with other aircraft on apron | ||||||
| 16 March 2015 | OO-LTM | Korongo Airlines | 0 | OR Tambo International Airport |  |
min |
| Collision with Ground support equipment | ||||||
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