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| Date: | Sunday 28 January 1968 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Aeromere F-8L Falco III |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-ENSI |
| MSN: | 231 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Saint-Louis -
 Senegal
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Villa Cissneros |
| Saint-Louis (Senegal) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Disappeared on approach to St. Louis, Senegal. Last radio contact 21:15, 20 minutes before arrivel. Rudolf Rost (35) and Heinz Grützner (37) on flight along northwest coast of Africa. Never found.
Sources:
German Civil Aircraft Register
Hamburger Abendblatt 21 September 1968
Borkener Zeitung 13 March 1968, p8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Feb-2016 17:12 | TB | Added |
| 22-Feb-2018 16:09 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jul-2025 13:18 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jul-2025 13:24 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Source, ] |
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