2013 Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 crash
On 4 March 2013, a Fokker 50 operated by Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation on a domestic cargo flight from Lodja to Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, crashed in poor weather on approach to Goma Airport. There were nine people on board, of which six were killed. No fatalities were reported on the ground, despite the aircraft crashing into a populated area.
MONUSCO troops guarding the crash site in Goma
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation, renamed FlyCAA in 2013, is a regional airline from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, based at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa. It offers an extensive network of domestic scheduled passenger flights, as well as cargo flights.
Due to safety and security concerns, CAA has been included in the list of air carriers banned in the European Union.
A CAA Fokker 50 at Goma International Airport (2010)
An Airbus A320 at Montpellier – Méditerranée Airport, France, being prepared for delivery to CAA (2011)
A CAA McDonnell Douglas MD-81 approaching N'Djili Airport (2006)
A former CAA BAC One-Eleven at Mbuji Mayi Airport (2008). The depicted aircraft (9Q-CDY) had been wet-leased.