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Article: Cargo/passenger aircraft crashes in central Africa.
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- July 5, 2002
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A cargo aircraft operated by Prestige Airlines crashed in a sparsely populated residential area in Bangui, Africa on 4 July 2002, with 17 passengers and eight crew members on board.
The aircraft - which doubled up as a passenger aircraft as regular flights are not available in central Africa - had been travelling from N'Djamena, Chad, to Brazzaville, Republic of Congo with a cargo of onions when the accident occurred.
The pilots had reportedly been attempting to make an emergency landing at Bangui's airport, after experiencing technical ...