Air Cargo News.Sep 3, 2007 Antonov Cargo Plane cargo plane n → avión m de carga cargo plane n → avion-cargo m cargo plane cargo n → Crashes In Congo, 13 Killed. An Antonov plane carrying tin ore crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff in eastern Congo on Sunday, killing 13 people on board, but a young man and a baby boy survived, officials and residents said. The Russian pilot tried to return to Kongolo in Congo's mineral-rich Katanga province For other uses, see Katanga (disambiguation). Katanga is the southern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, due under the new constitution to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009. after developing engine problems, but the plane crashed short of the runway, Jean-Claude Kapange, the local head of the Interior Ministry's national information agency said. The pilot and two more Russian crew were among the dead, Kapange said. Aug 27, 2007 Antonov The Antonov cargo aircraft A cargo aircraft is an airplane designed and used for the carriage of goods, rather than passengers. This role demands a number of features that makes a cargo aircraft instantly identifiable; a "fat" looking fuselage, a high-wing to allow the cargo area to sit near the ground, a that crahed was flying cassiterite cassiterite (kəsĭt`ərīt), heavy, brown-to-black mineral, tin oxide, SnO2, crystallizing in the tetragonal system. and other valuable minerals exploits desperately poor local people who work in treacherous mines for low pay and can fuel instability and violence as businessmen and militias vie for control of resources and revenues. Mineral flights have also sparked safety concerns. Local authorities suspended cassiterite flights to Goma from another mining area in North Kivu, Walikale, in June due to safety concerns for the planes, which land and take off on a stretch of road while a proper air strip is being built. Aug 27, 2007 Antonov The crahed Antonov cargo plane had been on its way to Goma, the main city in North Kivu province, with around 9 tonnes of cassiterite (tin oxide tin oxide (SnO), n a polishing agent in the form of a purified white powder, prepared as a paste with glycerine or water. ) and other minerals. Goma is a transit point for many mineral exports from eastern Congo. He said a search was continuing in the forest to locate the bodies of the pilot and a woman. Congo's mineral riches were a catalyst in the country's devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. 1998-2003 war, which drew in half a dozen African armies and spawned a host of local rebel groups and ethnic militias, some of whom still terrorize ter·ror·ize tr.v. ter·ror·ized, ter·ror·iz·ing, ter·ror·iz·es 1. To fill or overpower with terror; terrify. 2. To coerce by intimidation or fear. See Synonyms at frighten. villagers in the east. Aug 27, 2007 Cargolux Airlines Cargolux Airlines International will add a sixth weekly Luxembourg-Mexico City flight starting Oct. 18. Aug 27, 2007 FedEx FedEx Express FedEx Express, based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, is the world's largest cargo airline. It is a subsidiary of the FedEx Corporation and delivers packages and freight to more than 220 countries each day[1]. launched four-times-weekly Memphis-Manchester MD-11 freighter service that will increase daily US-UK capacity by up to 50%. Aug 30, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new real-time service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status, delays, security wait times via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid Media Group / Air Travel Media. All rights reserved. |
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