Zaire

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
15th March 1975	Zaire	MB.326GB		132 E
15th May 1978	Zaire	MB.326GB	FG-468	132 E
8th December 1978	Zairean Air Force	Mirage						Martin-Baker
8th December 1978	Zairean Air Force	Mirage						Martin-Baker
8th December 1978	Zairean Air Force	Mirage						Martin-Baker
19th October 1982	Zairean Air Force	MB.326		132 E		Mr. L. Somers		Martin-Baker
19th October 1982	Zairean Air Force	MB.326		132 E		???		Martin-Baker
7th April 1988 also seen as 4th May 1988	Zairean Air Force	MB.326GB			3 MB.326GB trainers crashed in bad weather during a joint exercise with US Forces. 4 crew killed - 2 ejected Crew status of each aircraft unsure - were the 2 ejectees from the same aircraft ???
7th April 1988 also seen as 4th May 1988	Zairean Air Force	MB.326GB				ejected		Martin-Baker
7th April 1988 also seen as 4th May 1988	Zaire	MB.326GB				ejected		Martin-Baker
8th January 1996	Dem. Rep. Congo	Antonov 32			crashed moments after takeoff, skidding across a busy street and ploughed into a crowded open-air market	about 300 people killed
6th June 1997	Dem. Rep. Congo	passenger plane		Bazair Airline	Cabin fire, Crashed near the northeastern town of Irumi	all 30 people aboard, including the owner of the company killed
12th September 1997	Dem. Rep. Congo	??			Carrying people to a religious meeting crashed in the Minembwe mountains,	All 20 passenger and unknown number of crew on board killed
8th May 2003	Dem. Rep. Congo	Ilyushin 76		Returning to Kinshasa	The rear door of a cargo plane bursts open at 10,000 meters (33,000 feet)	Over 100 were thrown out of the aircraft
29th November 2003	Dem. Rep. Congo				Failed take-off from the central city of Boende. Ploughed into a market at the end of a runway	24 people aboard were killed along with 13 people on the ground.
25 May 2005	Dem. Rep. Congo	Antonov 12			Crashed shortly after takeoff near Bunyakiri, a village in eastern Congo	all 26 people aboard killed
4th October 2005	Dem. Rep. Congo	Antonov 12			crash landed in eastern Congo	Transporting 100 Congolese soldiers. Two soldiers died and five were seriously wounded
3rd August 2006	Dem. Rep. Congo	Antonov 28			crashed into a mountain and then tumbled into a valley in eastern Congo	three Ukrainian crew members, 14 passengers all killed
??? December 2006	Dem. Rep. Congo	Sukhoi Su-25			Lost en-route to new air base. Wreckage never found	Further Details NEEDED		K-36
Saturday 30th June 2007 11:56 local time (0956 GMT)	Dem. Rep. Congo	Sukhoi Su-25			Control lost while coming in to land. Engine malfunction cited. Crashed next to the runway in the north eastern city of Kisangani during an Independence Day display	Pilot killed No ejection reported		K-36
4th October 2007	Dem. Rep. Congo	Antonov 26			crashed into a Kinshasa neighborhood shortly after takeoff	at least 50 people killed
15th April 2008	Dem. Rep. Congo	DC-9			Failed to take off and crashed into a residential neighborhood in Goma. Most on board survived but over 20 people on the ground were killed

	Dem. Rep. Congo
	Dem. Rep. Congo

Other Aircraft Mishaps & Losses

20th April 1990	Zairean Air Force	Lockheed C-130H	9T-TCG	No. 3 engine shed its propellor which hit No. 4 Propellor. Near Kinshasa, Zaire	24 On board 20 fatalities