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Hewa Bora Airways grounded following crash

Hewa Bora Airways grounded following crash

15 July 2011 Airline News

Hewa Bora Airways has seen its operating licence suspended by authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo following a fatal crash last week. It follows a similar deadly accident in 2008, in which 40 people lost their lives in the eastern Congo city of Goma.

United Nations offers support following Congo plane crash

United Nations offers support following Congo plane crash

11 July 2011 Airline News

Officials at the United Nations Mission for Stabilisation of Congo (MONUSCO) have expressed support for the people of the country following a fatal plane crash on Friday. A Boeing 727 operated by Congo-based Hewa Bora Airways crashed just hundreds of feet short of Kisangani Airport in the north east of the central African country.