The death toll in a plane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo has dropped to 82, the state news agency reported Saturday.
Rescuers pulled 36 survivors from the wreckage, including two children who are under the care of the U.N., state news agency ACP said.
The Boeing 727 operated by Hewa Bora Airways had 118 onboard. It was trying to land in bad weather when it crashed and hit an obstacle on the ground, according to state media.
Among the fatalities were three soccer referees, who were scheduled to officiate a national league match on Sunday, the news agency said.
A Congolese army general who heads the fight against Ugandan guerrillas in the nation's restive eastern region was among the survivors, the news agency reported.
The plane was originally headed from the capital of Kinshasa to the eastern city of Goma, according to the news agency, but crashed during a scheduled stop in Kisangani.

Hewa Bora is one of many African airlines banned by the European Union due to security concerns. It is the second fatal accident involving the airline in three years, after its DC-9 airliner ploughed into a suburb of the eastern Congolese city of Goma, killing 44, in 2008.
In April, 32 people were killed when a UN plane crashed as it tried to land at the airport serving Congo's capital Kinshasa. The operator of the plane was Georgian flag carrier Airzena Georgian Airways.