Kahemba Airport
Encyclopedia
Kahemba Airport is located in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
near the border with Angola
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Kahemba is registered ECCAIRS code 223075
that killed hundreds at N'Dolo Airport
, Kinshasa
. The flight was reported to have been involved in the transport of arms.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
near the border with Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
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Kahemba is registered ECCAIRS code 223075
Incidents
Kahemba was the destination planned for the 1996 Air Africa crash1996 Air Africa crash
The 1996 Air Africa crash occurred on 8 January 1996 when an overloaded Air Africa Antonov An-32B aircraft, wet leased from Moscow Airways and bound for Kahemba Airport, overshot the runway at N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo after failing to take off...
that killed hundreds at N'Dolo Airport
N'Dolo Airport
N'Dolo Airport , also known as Ndolo Airport, is a secondary airport in the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the commune of Barumbu near the city center....
, Kinshasa
Kinshasa
Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located on the Congo River....
. The flight was reported to have been involved in the transport of arms.