Compagnie Africaine Aviation flight BU-2311 suffered a nose gear steering system failure at Mbuji Mayi Airport, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on April 16th.
The incident happened when the plane was backtracking to depart for Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The plane became disabled on the runway.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
On March 4th 2013, a CAA Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation Fokker 50 cargo flight en route from Lodja to Goma crashed in a residential area at Lake Kivu.
The incident occurred during bad weather under conditions with low visibility on approach to the runway. The crash impacted residences.
Six bodies were recovered and three survivors reported. The six bodies were reported to be the crew, and the survivors were the three passengers.
CAA is banned from flying within Europe.
