STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: Just one person survived the crash, a U.N. spokesman says
- The plane attempted to land in Kinshasa during a strong thunderstorm, high winds
- The aircraft belongs to the U.N. mission in the Congo
(CNN) — One person survived the crash of a U.N. plane that killed 32 others in the Congo on Monday, U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said.
The aircraft, which carried 33 people, belonged to MONUSCO, the U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a Congo Transportation Ministry official.
The plane crashed while attempting to land at the Kinshasa airport after a flight from Goma in the eastern part of the vast nation in central Africa, the official said.
The Kinshasa airport reported strong thunderstorms and sustained winds of 37 kph (23 mph) at the time.
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