Pepa Airport
Pepa Airport is an airstrip east of the village of Pepa in Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. History. In April 2000, during the Second Congo War (1998-2003), a Rwandan Air Force Antonov An-8 crashed on take-off from the airstrip, killing the crew of four and about 20 Rwandan soldiers, including a Rwanda Army major, two captains, and two lieutenants. Other reports placed the death toll as high as 57. The cause was thought to be a birdstrike.