Lubumbashi - Officials say nine people were killed and two seriously injured after a AN-32, owned by local airline GLBC, crashed in the south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday.
Nicaise Nunakuny, a local official at the site of the crash in Kongolo, 650km from the Katanga provincial capital of Lubumbashi, said two of the eight Congolese passengers on board had been rescued.
The three crew members, One Russian and two Ukrainians were killed.
"The aircraft took off normally from Kongolo, but encountered engine problems. It tried to turn around, but under conditions of a strong back wind and poor visibility, the overloaded aircraft clipped the tops of trees and went down about 3km from the runway. It then caught fire.
The Russian-made Antonov plane was heading to Goma, 500km to the north-east.
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