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Free Airlines is an air operator out of N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Notable incidents

On June 21 2007 their overloaded Let-410UVP (registration 9Q-CEU) crashed shortly after takeoff from Kamina Town (fr:Kamina Ville) for Lubumbashi. Landing in a swamp, the aircraft came to rest inverted with wheels and wings above the water.

Of the 24 people aboard, there was only one fatality, Mbuyu Mibanga, a deputy in DRC's National Assembly. The aircraft was previously registered as 5R-MGO by Madagascar Flying Services. It had previously crashed in southern Sudan in 2005. The aircraft type is only rated for 19 passengers.

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