
Thirty-two people were killed and one person survived as a level of a UN spokesman said UN in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, crashed.
"We can just a survivor 33 people on board confirm that..." "Level," said Farhan Haq.
The plane crashed on Monday while trying to land on which the capital's airport.
It was one of the worst disasters ever with UN transport. Twenty UN listed workers on board the flight.
The aircraft was carrying UN officials and peacekeepers travel from the northeastern city of Kisangani for Kinshasa's N'Djili airport, according to the UN mission known as MONUSCO.
The world body said previously at both Congolese and foreigners were to board the aircraft.
The operator of the aircraft, Georgian Airlines of Georgian Airways, Airzena, said the crew was Georgian.
There were strong winds at the time of the crash.
UN source in Kinshasa, charged not be named, said the news agency of Reuters: "The aircraft landed heavily, broke in two and caught fire."
Reuters correspondent at the airport said the aircraft was completely destroyed and the debris was at the end of the start and runway.
The UN has transported a fleet of more than a dozen aircraft of the country with the Mission of the employees, journalists and employees of the international and local non-governmental organizations.
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