1948 Sabena Douglas C-47 crash

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1948 Sabena Douglas C-47 crash
Accident
A Douglas DC-3 resembling the one involved in the accident.
Date	31 August 1948 (1948-08-31)
Site	Near Kimbwe, Belgian Congo
Total fatalities	13
Total survivors	0
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas C-47
Operator	Sabena
Registration	OO-CBL
Flight origin	Manono
Destination	Élizabethville (now Lubumbashi)
Occupants	13
Passengers	10
Crew	3
Fatalities	13
Survivors	0

The 1948 Sabena Douglas C-47 crash was an aviation accident that occurred on 31 August 1948 (1948-08-31), near Kimbwe, in the Belgian Congo. The aircraft, a Douglas C-47A-10-DK registered as OO-CBL, was operated by the Belgian airline Sabena. It was en route from Manono to Élizabethville (now Lubumbashi), when it suddenly went out of control during its approach to the airport and crashed. All 13 people on board, including four crew members, were killed. The exact cause of the crash remains undetermined despite favorable weather conditions at the time.

The aircraft carried 13 people, including 3 crew members. There were no survivors.^[1] It was one of three fatal crashes that Sabena experienced in 1948, along with the Heathrow disaster on March 2, and the Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash on May 12.

Notes and references

^ "Crash of the Manono-Élizabethville flight". Aviation-safety.net.

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1947 ◄ ► 1949

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