On 8 July 2011, Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952, a Boeing 727 passenger jet on a domestic flight from Kinshasa, to Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), crashed on final approach at Kisangani, killing 74 of the 118 people on board.

[1] Reports on the number of casualties initially varied, with the final toll reaching 74 fatalities and 44 injuries.

[1] The casualties of the flight were:[1] An early investigation found that five victims were not originally included on the aircraft's manifest, and that some people were using tickets registered under other names.

[6] Among the victims was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Isangi, Camille Lembi Zaneli.

[7] The Ministry of Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo suspended Hewa Bora Airways air operator's certificate, citing repeated accidents occurred to the airline, including Flight 122 on 15 April 2008 and an accident involving Flight 601 at N'djili Airport on 21 June 2010.