Date & Time: Nov 17, 2025 at 1138 LT

Type of aircraft: Embraer ERJ-145

Operator: Airjet

Registration: D2-AJB

Flight Phase: Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type: Government

Survivors: Yes

Site: Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule: Kinshasa – Lubumbashi – Kolwezi

MSN: 145456

YOM: 2001

Flight number: MBC100

Location: Kolwezi Lualaba

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

Region: Africa

Crew on board: 3

Crew fatalities: 0

Pax on board: 26

Pax fatalities: 0

Other fatalities: 0

Total fatalities: 0

Circumstances: 

Chartered by the DRC Government, the airplane was carrying a delegation of the Ministry of Mines who was flying from Kinshasa to Kolwezi to meet local government following a recent incident in the mine of Kalando. After departure from Kinshasa-N’Djili Airport, a stop was made in Lubumbashi. Upon landing on runway 29 at Kolwezi Airport, both main landing gear were sheared off. The airplane slid for few hundred metres then veered off runway to the left and came to a halt perpendicularly to the runway, bursting into flames. All 29 occupants, 26 passengers and three crew members, escaped without injuries before the airplane would be destroyed by fire. At the time of the accident, the first portion of 1,000 metres of the runway 29 was in a resurfacing process. A Notam was published, informing crew that the runway 29 threshold was displaced of 1,000 metres, offering a landing distance available of 1,500 metres. The airplane overflew the portion under construction but landed before the displaced threshold, causing both main landing gear to be sheared off.

Source: BAAA