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Date: | 16-APR-2013 |
Time: | 18:00 LT |
Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | Pearl Coral 1323 CC |
Registration: | ZS-OSS |
C/n / msn: | 82982 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Modimola Dam in Mmabatho -
South Africa
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Mafikeng Airport |
Destination airport: | Mafikeng Airport |
Narrative:Crashed into the water under unknown circumstances.
Fate of the two occupants is unknown at the moment. Search operations will resume on Wednesday 17 April 2013. At first one body was retrieved by divers, the second body was found trapped inside the plane.
The plane is presumed to be a training plane.
Sources:
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Aircraft-crashes-into-North-West-dam-20130416 [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.thenewage.co.za/mobi/Detail.aspx?NewsID=92299&CatID=1007]
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/north-west/modimolle-plane-crash-victims-named-1.1502648 http://www.avdex.co.za/saregister/photos/ZS-OSSP.jpg (photo)
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Apr-2013 02:48 |
gerard57 |
Added |
17-Apr-2013 05:23 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
17-Apr-2013 18:56 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
19-Apr-2013 03:20 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |