Seventeen Die in Democratic Republic of Congo

A plane has crashed into a busy market area in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 17 people. The Antonov 26 cargo plane owned by the Congolese airline, Africa 1, plowed through several houses in the Kingasani residential area near Ndjili airport. A UN spokesman said several more people had been on board the plane and that there were other victims on the ground. Air accidents are frequent in DR Congo, where many airlines fly aging planes. According to the African Airlines Association, the country has accounted for well over half of all the air crashes in Africa over the last decade. One out of every five fatal air accidents happens in Africa.