The area is prone to droughts, and has been earmarked as the location for a possible new international airport to serve Kigali, 40km away, and the rest of the nation, replacing Kigali International Airport.
The attack was blamed on Tutsi rebels, and as a result within one hour of the crash Interahamwe militias had begun the Rwandan Genocide.
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