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| Date: | Friday 10 November 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  CASA C-212-M Aviocar 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Lesotho Defence Force |
| Registration: | LDF-46 |
| MSN: | 389 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Engine model: | Honeywell TPE331-10R-513C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Maluti Mountains -
 Lesotho
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Qacha's Nek Airport (UNE/FXQN) |
| Maseru/Mejametaiana Airport (FXMU) |
A CASA C-212 Aviocar military transport plane, operated by the Royal Lesotho Defence Force, was destroyed when it crashed in a mountainous area in Lesotho. All fifteen on board were killed in the accident.
Sources:
Scramble Vol.11, nr.6 (p.46)
San Jose Mercury News - November 11, 1989
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