More Than 30 Killed in UN Plane Crash in Capital of DR Congo

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–4 April 2011 – Only one person out of 33 passengers and crew members has survived a United Nations plane crash today at the main airport in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The plane, which had been travelling from the north-eastern city of Kisangani, was attempting to land in heavy rain at N’Djili airport in Kinshasa when it crashed about 1 p.m. local time.

The UN peacekeeping mission in…