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Plane mechanic survived Congo crash - ministry
05 Oct 2007 16:08:50 GMT
Source: Reuters
KINSHASA, Oct 5 (Reuters) - A Congolese mechanic on board the plane which crashed in Kinshasa on Thursday survived the accident and is alive in hospital, the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry said on Friday.

"We now know there is a survivor in hospital. He's the mechanic (of the plane)," ministry spokesman Saleh Kinyongo told Reuters.
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A resident of Congo's "City of Hope", a camp for flood victims, displays his makeshift shelter in Kinshasa, November 27, 2007. Now thousands of the capital's 8 million inhabitants are under threat from bad weather after heavy downpours razed hundreds of homes and killed more than 30 people in 24 hours. REUTERS/Joe Bavier (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)



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