Seven passengers and crew died in a plane crash in Cuilo, a town in northeast Angola, According to AFP report.
Luís António Solo, head of Aero Accidents Investigation and Prevention Office (GPIAA), is quoted saying, “The plane left Kamakenzo airport in Dundo for Luanda at 4:58pm (1558 GMT) on Thursday. We lost contact shortly after take-off,” he told a press briefing in the capital Luanda.
Among the seven killed are a Portuguese national and a South African.
The cause of the crash is still unknown but Mr Solo said the aircraft had recently suffered “malfunctions”.
Solo considered it very premature to advance the true causes, but that in communication between the aircraft and the tower on the malfunction in the engine followed by fire as well as adverse weather conditions.
Angola has a poor air safety record and all of the oil-rich African country’s airlines are banned from operating within the European Union except for the flag-carrier TAAG.
