New video circulating on social media captures the moment an Airjet Angola Embraer ERJ-145 crashed while landing at Kolwezi Airport in the DR Congo on Nov. 17, 2025. Local reports indicate the aircraft touched down before the displaced threshold of Runway 29, where maintenance work was underway. On landing, the main gear collapsed, leading to a runway excursion and a post-impact fire that destroyed the aircraft. Remarkably, all 26 passengers and 3 crew members evacuated safely. - #Aviation #Pilo

A chartered Embraer ERJ-145LR carrying DRC Mines Minister Louis Watum Kabamba and about 20 others skidded off the runway and caught fire while landing in Kolwezi on Monday. All passengers survived.⁣ ⁣ The aircraft, operated by Airjet Angola, overshot the runway and the tail section burst into flames before emergency crews extinguished the fire.⁣ Kabamba was heading to the Kalondo mine, where more than 30 workers died in a collapse over the weekend.⁣ ⁣ Authorities say gunfire from soldiers at the