15 soldiers hurt in new DR Congo plane accident

Fifteen soldiers were seriously hurt Monday when an Antonov transport plane had an accident on landing at Beni in eastern DR Congo, military officials said.

The plane was carrying 68 passengers and four crew, they said.

"There were no fatalities, (but) 15 (were) seriously hurt, all of them FARDC members," said Lieutenant Somwe Mulimbi, in charge of security at Beni airport, using the acronym of the armed forces.

A regional spokesman for the army, Captain Make Hazukai, said the plane "missed its landing."