Five dead in DR Congo plane crash

Soldiers provide security around the wreck of an Antonov 32 that crashed in Goma, DRC, on May 26, 2008. FILE PHOTO | AFP

Five people burned to death after a small passenger aircraft crashed on Friday in southern Democratic Republic of Congo near the border with Angola, a local official said, giving a provisional toll.

The piston-engined Antonov 2, operated by local airline Air Kasai, burst into flames after crashing just after takeoff from Kamako for a flight to Tshikapa, 150 kilometres away.