Pepa Airport is an airstrip near the village of Pepa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pepa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pepa is a community in the northeast of the Tanganyika District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located 167 kilometres northeast by road from Pweto, to the west of Lake Tanganyika.-Location:...

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During the Second Congo War

Second Congo War

The Second Congo War, also known as Coltan War and the Great War of Africa, began in August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , and officially ended in July 2003 when the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo took power; however, hostilities continue to this...

 (1998-2o03)
In April 2000 an Rwandan airforce Antonov An-8

Antonov An-8

|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Lake, Jon. "Antonov's An-8 Camp: The Little Known Pioneer". Air International, September 2004, Vol 67 No 3. pp. 24–27....

crashed on take-off from the airstrip killing the crew of four and about 20 Rwandan soldiers including a Rwanda army major, two captains and two lieutenants.
Other reports place the death toll as high as 57.
The cause was thought to be a birdstrike.