Rescuers scour debris of DR Congo plane crash which killed 40

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GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — A passenger plane that ploughed into a market in an eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town killed 40 people, the provincial governor said on Wednesday, as rescue workers scoured the debris.

"The toll from this accident is now 40 dead and 111 injured," said Nord-Kivu's governor, Julien Paluku.

He was speaking after visits to hospitals and clinics in Goma, capital of the eastern province.

More than 100 injured people, for the most part residents of the Birere shanty town, were being treated in three Goma hospitals. Some of the patients had suffered severe burns from the blazing aircraft.

The black box flight recorder from the DC-9 plane had been recovered at Tuesday's crash site in Goma's Birere district, Paluku added. The...