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A large aircraft has crashed into an area of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Goma. | A passenger plane has crashed after take-off in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Goma with at least 60 people aboard. |
Witnesses reported smoke and fire after the crash, which was said to have occurred just after take-off. | Rescue services were battling a large fire, witnesses said. There is no word on the number of casualties. |
It is not known how many people were on board. There are conflicting reports on what type of aircraft it was. | It was unclear what type of aircraft it was. Officials said it belonged to the private airline Hewa Bora. |
| DR Congo has one of the world's poorest air safety records with eight crashes in 2007, Reuters news agency notes. | DR Congo has one of the world's poorest air safety records with eight crashes in 2007, Reuters news agency notes. |
| Estimates for the number of people aboard range from 60 to 100, according to United Nations and aviation officials. |
| "We're doing all we can to reach the aircraft but it's ablaze," Goma air safety official Thomas Oleko was quoted as saying by AFP news agency. |
| Provincial governor Julien Mpaluku said investigators were trying to establish how many people had been aboard. |
| It faltered after take-off and crashed into a populated neighbourhood, Mr Mpaluku said. |
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