| Date: | Tuesday 1 March 1988 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante |
| Owner/operator: | Comair, lsf Bop Air |
| Registration: | ZS-LGP |
| MSN: | 110402 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Germiston, c. 13 km SW of Johannesburg International Airport (JNB' -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Phalaborwa Airport (PHW/FAPH) |
| Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS) |
An Embraer 110P1 Bandeirante passenger plane, registered ZS-LGP, was destroyed when it crashed in an industrial area of Germiston, South Africa. All seventeen on board were killed. The airplane operated on a flight from Phalaborwa Airport (PHW) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB).
Witnesses reported that they heard a violent explosion and saw the aircraft break in two. The flightdeck was found more than 250 m (820 feet) away from the fuselage.
A mineworker with marital and financial problems who had recently taken out a large insurance policy on his life, had boarded the plane. He is thought to have detonated an explosive device.
Sources:
Flight International 12 March 1988
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Sun City-Pilansberg Airport (NTY); February 1986
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