Plane crash in DR Congo kills more than a dozen

Civilians and two generals among dead after army plane crashes into a residential area in the DRC.

x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info A Congolese police officer and a military officer patrol outside the General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 24, 2026 [Michel Lunanga/Getty] By Al Jazeera Staff , AP and Reuters Published On 26 Sep 2026 26 Sep 2026 At least 17 people, including senior military officials, have been killed when a Congolese army plane crashed in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The plane was travelling to the capital, Kinshasa, from the southwestern city of Kikwit on Friday when it developed a technical fault and attempted to land in Kenge, in Kwango province.