Bandundu Airport

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Bandundu Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) (French: Aéroport de Bandundu) is an inactive airport, which used to serve Bandundu, capital of the Kwilu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Bandundu non-directional beacon (Ident: BAN) is located on the field.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

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Cargo

Accidents and incidents

Two occurrences are reported to have occurred on 17 July 2007 at Bandundu. The reports may refer to the same occurrence with factual errors:

  • In one report, a Let-410UVP, tail number 9Q-CIM of Cargo Bull Aviation suffered a bird strike and crashed with no injuries but aircraft written off.[2]
  • In the other report an Antonov (either an An-24 or An-32) that had stopped en route from Kinshasa N'Dolo Airport to Nioki Airport lost its number 1 engine during initial climb and crashed Script error: No such module "convert". from Bandundu with substantial damage but no injuries.[3] Another report has this occurring the next day with a minor injury to an Austrian pilot.[4] Another identifies the operator as Malift Air, the date as 18 July, the failure as an engine explosion during landing, and the aircraft destroyed.[5][6]

In 2010, a Let-410 of Filair crashed near the airfield.

See also

References

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  2. Let 410UVP, Cargo Bull Aviation. Aviation Safety Network. 18 July 2007.
  3. Antonov 24: Malift Air. Aviation Safety Network. 18 Jul 2007.
  4. Recent Incidents / Accidents. JACDEC. July 2007.
  5. Accidents & Incidents. Air Safety Week. 30 July 2007.
  6. Template:In lang Accident d'avion dans le sud de la Rép. Dém. du Congo. Crash-Aerien.com. 19 July 2007.

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