Sunday, May 14, 2006
Congo Incident
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Congo Incident
I've been handed the report that an Antonov 26 belonging to something called "Kisangani Air List" has been crashed in the DRC by our esteemed colleague Soj. Rather, Soj handed me the report. She didn't crash the Antonov 26, or at least I don't think so. At the moment, I can offer little further information expect that "List" is a typo, it should be Kisangani Air Lift. This outfit was created sometime this year, and its only known aircraft was the one that crashed. Apparently it was leased from "Aeroworld", but I have yet to trace any company of that name. There is a World Aero Airways in Kisangani, though, started this year, which possesses one aircraft, an An-26B registered EK-26060, serial no. 17311107. Its past includes various small operators in the CIS and a period with "private users" in Kyrgyzstan.
Various media reports disagree on key points, some of them stating it was leased to, not from, "Aeroworld" which might anyway really be called "Euroworld". However, no operating airline of that name exists either - it is however the old (pre-1992) name for BA's subsidiary Cityflyer Express. I suspect the disagreement is down to mistranslation as there seems to be a majority of each version in different languages.
Everyone seems to agree it was an aeroplane, that it crashed, and that ten people were killed. Four of them are described as being Russian and making up the crew. One "Rayomon Mokeni" is quoted by all sources as the airline's president, however who he may be is a blank.
I don't think this helps any, but thar ye go.
CW @ 3:34AM | 2005-05-08| permalink
That's some interesting information. I'm still trying to figure out the format for the An-26 serial numbers. I've seen some in the format of XXXX-YY-NN, but others (listed, as opposed to verified first hand) don't seem to fit. The first four digits often correspond to XX30 or XX31, but looking at the aircraft directly you seldom see the those digits on dataplates.
This one is unquestionably a Butt-plane and I believe we've seen it lying around at Sharjah in recent months. The only question is whether this incident has any special significance or whether it is just another obscure X in Victor's empire. He really is starting to really litter the countryside with worn out Soviet airlifters.
Original: http://yorkshire-ranter.blogspot.com/2005/05/congo-incident.html
Congo Incident
I've been handed the report that an Antonov 26 belonging to something called "Kisangani Air List" has been crashed in the DRC by our esteemed colleague Soj. Rather, Soj handed me the report. She didn't crash the Antonov 26, or at least I don't think so. At the moment, I can offer little further information expect that "List" is a typo, it should be Kisangani Air Lift. This outfit was created sometime this year, and its only known aircraft was the one that crashed. Apparently it was leased from "Aeroworld", but I have yet to trace any company of that name. There is a World Aero Airways in Kisangani, though, started this year, which possesses one aircraft, an An-26B registered EK-26060, serial no. 17311107. Its past includes various small operators in the CIS and a period with "private users" in Kyrgyzstan.
Various media reports disagree on key points, some of them stating it was leased to, not from, "Aeroworld" which might anyway really be called "Euroworld". However, no operating airline of that name exists either - it is however the old (pre-1992) name for BA's subsidiary Cityflyer Express. I suspect the disagreement is down to mistranslation as there seems to be a majority of each version in different languages.
Everyone seems to agree it was an aeroplane, that it crashed, and that ten people were killed. Four of them are described as being Russian and making up the crew. One "Rayomon Mokeni" is quoted by all sources as the airline's president, however who he may be is a blank.
I don't think this helps any, but thar ye go.
CW @ 3:34AM | 2005-05-08| permalink
That's some interesting information. I'm still trying to figure out the format for the An-26 serial numbers. I've seen some in the format of XXXX-YY-NN, but others (listed, as opposed to verified first hand) don't seem to fit. The first four digits often correspond to XX30 or XX31, but looking at the aircraft directly you seldom see the those digits on dataplates.
This one is unquestionably a Butt-plane and I believe we've seen it lying around at Sharjah in recent months. The only question is whether this incident has any special significance or whether it is just another obscure X in Victor's empire. He really is starting to really litter the countryside with worn out Soviet airlifters.
Original: http://yorkshire-ranter.blogspot.com/2005/05/congo-incident.html
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