Plane crash in Congo kills at least 70
{{date|April 16, 2008}}
[[Image:CD-Goma.png|thumb|left|The location of the crash {{image credit|[[w:User:Acntx|Acntx]]}}]]

{{Democratic Republic of the Congo}}In [[w:Goma|Goma]], on the eastern side of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), at least 70 people, according to officials, have died because when a [[w:McDonnell Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] crashed on take off yesterday.

{{QuoteRight|The whole top of the plane is ripped off and the two buildings next door are pretty much destroyed too.|4=Naomi Schwarz}}
''[[w:VOA|VOA]]'' has reported that as many as 100 people could have been on board the plane at the time of its crash.

A director of [[w:Hewa Bora Airways|Hewa Bora Airways]], the airline involved in the incident said that "we [the airline] have managed to save most of the passengers who have been evacuated to hospitals."

Naomi Schwarz, a journalist on the scene described the incident. "The whole top of the plane is ripped off and the two buildings next door are pretty much destroyed too. People are carrying buckets full of water to try to put out the fire. Just buckets they found on the streets," she said.

As of 08:00 [[w:UTC|UTC]], the majority of the Hewa Bora website was not available.

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Image:DC-9 UR-CBY.JPG|A plane like the one involved in the crash {{image credit|[[w:User:Yaoleilei|Yaoleilei]]}}
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== Sources ==
{{wikipedia|2008 Hewa Bora Airways crash}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/world/africa/16congo.html?ref=africa
|title=Plane Crashes at Takeoff in Congo
|pub=Washington Post
|date=April 16, 2008}}
*{{fr}} {{source|url=http://www.hba.cd/comp_press.htm
|title=No title
|pub=Hewa Bora Airways
|date=Retrieved April 16, 2008}}
*{{source|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-15-voa32.cfm
|title=More Than 70 Killed in Eastern DRC Plane Crash
|author=Kari Barber 
|pub=VOA News
|date=April 15, 2008}}

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[[de:Flugzeugabsturz in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo: Mindestens 40 Tote]]
The location of the crash 

In Goma, on the eastern side of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), at least 70 people, according to officials, have died because when a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashed on take off yesterday.


VOA has reported that as many as 100 people could have been on board the plane at the time of its crash.

A director of Hewa Bora Airways, the airline involved in the incident said that "we the airline have managed to save most of the passengers who have been evacuated to hospitals."

Naomi Schwarz, a journalist on the scene described the incident. "The whole top of the plane is ripped off and the two buildings next door are pretty much destroyed too. People are carrying buckets full of water to try to put out the fire. Just buckets they found on the streets," she said.

As of 08:00 UTC, the majority of the Hewa Bora website was not available.

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