Congolese aviation firm Gomair lost contact with a cargo plane: Reports

Congolese aviation firm Gomair lost contact with a cargo plane on Thursday evening as it flew back to Kinshasa after delivering materials for the upcoming presidential election, a senior manager at the airline told Reuters.

"We are still conducting research so we are not able to give precise details on whether the plane went lost or it has crashed," Comair's financial director, Jean de Dieu Gato Karekezi, said by telephone on Friday.