Thursday 6 December 2012

Plane crash in South Africa’s Drakensberg mountains kills 11

A military aircraft crashed in severe weather in the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa, after taking off from Pretoria's Waterkloof Air Force Base, en route to Mthatha in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday morning. 

The plane was a Douglas C-47TP Dakota, a twin-propeller aircraft, according to a military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Xolani Mabanga.  The Defense Ministry said in a statement, "On board the aircraft was a crew of six and five passengers and it was confirmed that there are no survivors.".. read more.


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