Agefreco Air

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
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Founded

1988^[1]

Ceased operations

2007^[2]

Headquarters

Agefreco Air was an air carrier operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1988 to 2007.

Accidents and incidents

23 August 2001 - An Agrefreco Air / Victoria Air Antonov An-28 (registration 3C-ALL) from Bukavu's Kavume Airport to Kapmene airport boards additional passengers and minerals at Kama town airport.^[3] Eight minutes after takeoff an engine fails and the Russian pilots divert to Bukavu, but crash at Mugogo 15 miles short of Kavumu, killing seven of eleven aboard.^[4]^[5] The aircraft is reported to be owned by a Patrice Bashengezi.^[6]
26 August 2007 - Agefreco/Great Lakes Business Company operated Antonov An-26 departing Kongolo Airport (KOO) has engine failure at takeoff and crashes into a tree. All three crew and eleven of twelve passengers are killed.^[7] The aircraft is reported to have an insured value of US$300,000.^[8]^[9]

^ "Agefreco-air makes daily flights to DRC cities". Agefreco-air. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
^ "Agefreco Air". Airline History. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^ Plane Crash Info accessed 2007-12-26
^ (in Spanish) accessed 2007-12-24 Archived 2007-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ Inspectee Verkeer en Waterstaat Civil Aviation Safety Data 1980-2001 chart 20 (in mixed Dutch/English) accessed 2007-12-24
^ Ngowi, Rodrique, Four Killed in Congo Plane Crash AP Online 2001-08-24 accessed 2007-12-24
^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 32B 9Q-CAC Kongolo Airport (KOO)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
^ Avin Direct accessed 2007-12-24 ^{[dead link]}
^ Eurocockpit (in French) accessed 2007-12-24