An Airjet Angola Embraer ERJ-145, registration D2-AJB performing flight MBC-100 from Lubumbashi to Kolwezi (DR Congo) with about 20 people on board, landed on Kolwezi’s runway 29 but came to a stop off the runway on its belly, the tail area burst into flames. The occupants evacuated. There were no injuries, however, the aircraft is reported completely burned down.
The aircraft carried DR Congo’s Minister of Mines and had been chartered to transport a delegation of the Ministry. The Minister was travelling to monitor an accident at the Kalando Mine near Kolwezi, in which on Nov 15th 2025 more than 40 workers lost their lives in a reported bridge collapse due to rains.
Kolwezi Airport features a runway 11/29 of 2410 meters/7900 feet length and mainly serves the local copper mine.
DR Congo’s BPEA opened an investigation into the accident stating, that the aircraft operated Kinshasa N’Djili to Kolwezi via Lubumbashi. At Kolwezi the aircraft skidded off the runway and caught fire. There were no fatalities.
