At least 19 people including the pilot had been killed in a plane crash in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), police reported on Wednesday.

Two survivors had been found by midday, police said, adding the crash occurred when the plane was flying to the city of Bandundu after leaving the capital Kinshasa.

The aircraft was owned by the local airline Filair, a source told Xinhua from Bandundu.

An official of the office of the prime minister said on a separate occasion that 20 people died and one survived but in critical condition.

The spokesman of the UN mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO), Madnodje Mounoubai, said the accident happened when the plane was landing at the airport of Bandundu, the capital of Bandundu province.