2005 Air Kasai Antonov An-26 crash
Air Kasaï Antonov An-26 · Undetermined causes
From Boende Airport, Boende, Democratic Republic of the Congo to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 13 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 13
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Antonov An-26
- Aircraft type
- Antonov AN-26
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- 9Q-CFD
- Operator
- Air Kasaï
- Onboard fatalities
- 13
- Route
- From Boende Airport, Boende, Democratic Republic of the CongoTo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Approximate · Estimated position: Brazzaville, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
On 9 September 2005, an Air Kasai Antonov An-26B crashed in the Republic of the Congo north of Brazzaville, killing all 13 people on board.
The accident
Antonov An-26B 9Q-CFD was operating a domestic route in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Boende Airport in Boende to Kinshasa on 9 September 2005. Its route took it over the neighbouring Republic of the Congo, where at around 15:45 local time it crashed about 50 km north of Brazzaville. All 13 people on board (four crew members and nine passengers) died in the crash.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Italian Wikipedia article “Incidente dell'Antonov An-26 di Air Kasai del 2005” (revision 150165380, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Italian Wikipedia article: Incidente dell'Antonov An-26 di Air Kasai del 2005
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 150165380 · 2026-04-11 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q19574790
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- it Wikipedia article "Incidente dell'Antonov An-26 di Air Kasai del 2005" (page 9387656, revision 150165380), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia article: the date in its opening sentence (the infobox gives none to the day)
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator is an airline according to Wikidata
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Italian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.