Yenziwe ngeRussia An-72 indiza yezokuthutha yaphahlazeka ku Republic of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Isikhulu sezindaba ze-Embassy yaseRussia eCongo sathi izakhamizi zaseRussia ziphakathi kwabasebenza kule ndiza. Ngokusho kwakhe, inxusa selicacisa amagama abalimele.
Phambilini abezindaba baseDRC babike ukuthi indiza i-An-72 yaphahlazeka engxenyeni esenyakatho yezwe. Indiza yayindiza isuka esikhumulweni sezindiza saseGoma iya eKinshasa, kodwa ngemuva kwehora isemoyeni, yayeka ukuxhumana nendawo yokulawula izindiza yanyamalala ezikrinini ze-radar. Abezimo eziphuthumayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bakuqinisekisile ukuphahlazeka kwale ndiza.
Indiza ethwala impahla ibithwele abagibeli nabasebenzi abayisishiyagalombili, okubalwa nabasebenzi bakamengameli baseDRC.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The press officer of the Russian Embassy in Congo stated that Russian citizens were among the crew of the aircraft.
- The plane was flying from Goma airport to Kinshasa, but after an hour in the air, it stopped communicating with the flight control center and disappeared from the radar screens.
- Earlier, DRC media reported that the An-72 plane crashed in the northern part of the country.
