Plane shot down, while still on the tarmac….
In an accident somewhat similar to shooting yourself in the foot comes the tale of the fumbling security guard who downed his own plane. Lucky it was not in the air at the time…
Top UN ambassadors were forced to hitch a bus ride from Democratic Republic of Congo to Rwanda after a security guard accidentally shot a hole in their plane, a UN spokesman said.
The Security Council ambassadors had been visiting violent eastern Congo during a trip to promote peacekeeping operations and other efforts to end some of the most intractable conflicts in Africa.
“They were boarding the aircraft to come back to Kinshasa. UN security have to surrender their weapons on the plane,” said Kemal Saiki, spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo, the world body’s biggest.
“He [a guard] was doing a safety check and there was an accidental discharge.
“The crew thought that something may have been damaged so they decided not to fly.”
Other eyewitnesses at the scene said the bullet went through the floor of the plane and touched a cable.
It is not known what happened to the people who were already aboard the bus, but may have been left standing on the side of the road with their few possessions.
The trip was the fraught with danger as none of the UN security personnel were allowed to carry their weapons as all weapons are outlawed, except for the outlaws, who of course operate outside the law and carry weapons.
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