- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: April 16, 1969
Time: 0820
Location: Kinshasa, Zaire
Operator: Wigmo
Flight #: ?
Route: Kinshasa - Kananga - Mbuji-Mayi
AC Type: Curtiss C-46
Registration: 9T-PLJ
cn / ln: 26710
Aboard: 45   (passengers:42  crew:3)
Fatalities: 45   (passengers:42  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane developed landing gear trouble while attempting to land at Luluaburg. The pilot chose to return to Kinshasa. He was circling to use up fuel when the accident occurred. The plane crashed into the Congo River. Leased to the Congolese Air Force. Possible fuel exhaustion,.
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