| 2015 Services Air A310 crash | |
| Image Upright: | 1.2 |
| Occurrence Type: | Accident |
| Summary: | Runway excursion |
| Site: | Mbuji-Mayi Airport, Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Total Fatalities: | 8 |
| Total Injuries: | 9 |
| Ground Fatalities: | 8 |
| Ground Injuries: | 9 |
| Aircraft Type: | Airbus A310-304F |
| Aircraft Name: | Saraswati |
| Operator: | Services Air |
| Tail Number: | 9Q-CVH |
| Origin: | Lubumbashi International Airport, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Destination: | Mbuji-Mayi Airport, Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Occupants: | 5 |
| Crew: | 5 |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Injuries: | 0 |
| Survivors: | 5 |
On 24 December 2015, at 08:35, an Airbus A310-304F cargo aircraft, operated by Congolese company Services Air on a domestic flight, ran off the end of the runway and crashed in a residential area while landing at Mbuji-Mayi Airport in the city of Mbuji-Mayi, the capital of Kasai-Oriental province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Eight people were killed and nine others were injured, all of whom were people in the residential area. The aircraft suffered substantial damage, but the five crew members were uninjured. The aircraft overshot the runway by about 1640abbr=onNaNabbr=on and ploughed into the residential area, destroying several homes.[1]
The pilot informed Ngoyi Kasanji, governor of Kasai-Oriental province, that a brake problem on the aircraft was the cause of the accident. According to witnesses the aircraft had already gone around twice and on the third landing attempt it touched down about halfway along the runway and was unable to stop before rolling off the end. The A310 came to a stop on soft ground among houses about 1640abbr=onNaNabbr=on past the runway end.[2]