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Summary 127 passengers died in plane crash in northeast of Congo, while 54 survived miraculously.
Boeing 727 operated by Hewa Bora crashed at Kisangani airport as it attempted to land in heavy rain.The plane was on a regular commercial route from Kinshasa to Kisangani and Goma when it hit a storm on its approach to the airport.All three pilots and a mechanic were also killed in the crash, but two air hostesses were among the injured.The Congo government said the country would observe a period of national mourning until Tuesday.Hewa Bora Airways last accident was in April 2008 when 50 people died after a DC-9 crashed after taking off from the Goma airport into a neighbourhood of the Nord-Kivu province.
