The aircraft crashed into residential homes near Goma's airport in the North Kivu province. Black smoke rose from the plane, whose wreckage could be seen amid destroyed homes as dozens of men tried to help with the rescue efforts.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now one year old and has killed more than 1,800 people.

A second person has died of Ebola in Goma, a city of two million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Ebola outbreak in Congo and neighbouring countries is a public health emergency of international concern, the WHO declared.

The government spokesman for Congo is accusing neighbouring Rwanda and the M23 rebels of preparing more attacks in volatile eastern Congo.