周五，一架刚果军队飞机在刚果民主共和国（DRC）西南部坠毁，造成至少14人死亡，其中包括高级军事官员。
At least 14 people, including senior military officials, were killed on Friday when a Congolese army plane crashed in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
这架飞机原定于周五从西南部城市基奎特飞往首都金沙萨，途中出现技术故障，并试图在宽果省的肯格降落。
The plane was travelling to the capital, Kinshasa, from the southwestern city of Kikwit on Friday when it developed a technical fault and attempted to land in Kenge, in Kwango province.
宽果省副省长雷米·萨基·博金达表示：“由于肯格没有可用的跑道，飞机坠毁在了一处住宅区。”刚果军方发言人埃福米·埃肯格少将称，此次坠机事故造成14人死亡。
Remy Saki Bokinda, deputy governor of Kwango, said: “With no landing strip available in Kenge, the plane crashed into a residential plot.” Congolese military spokesperson Major-General Efomi Ekenge said 14 people had died in the crash.
他说：“机上所有人员全部遇难；其中12人被烧得面目全非，飞行员的遗体在飞机外被发现。”
“All those on board died; 12 were burned beyond recognition, while the pilot’s lifeless body was found outside the aircraft,” he said.
据军方称，遇难者中包括平民、随同两位将军出行的官方代表团成员以及其他军事人员。
According to the military, among those killed were civilians and members of an official delegation travelling with the two generals, along with other military personnel.
博金达还表示，大多数遇难者遗体被烧得无法辨认，飞行员被发现死于残骸之外。埃肯格表示，目前已展开调查以确定事故原因。
Bokinda also said most of the bodies were burned beyond recognition and the pilot was found dead outside the wreckage.
刚果民主共和国是位于非洲中部的一个矿产资源丰富的广袤国家，几十年来一直饱受冲突困扰，特别是在其与卢旺达的东部边界地区，多个武装组织为争夺有利可图的矿区控制权而相互竞争。
An investigation has been opened to determine the cause of the accident, Ekenge said. The DRC, a vast, mineral-rich country in central Africa has endured decades of conflict, particularly along its eastern border with Rwanda, where several armed groups compete for control of lucrative mining areas.
自去年以来，刚果军队一直在与多个占领了该国关键城市的反叛组织进行战斗。
The Congolese military has been battling a number of rebel groups that have claimed key cities in the country since last year.