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| Date: | Tuesday 20 May 2003 |
| Time: | c. 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter Bo 105LS A-3 |
| Owner/operator: | Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) |
| Registration: | LDF-51 |
| MSN: | 2055 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Katse Dam -
 Lesotho
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The "Super Lifter" hit the water surface while low flying during a film sortie and sank in 150 meters depth, killing the pilot Lt Lerelileng Maloi and the official from Lesotho Highlands Development Agency (LHDA) Sethunya Nthako. The surviving passengers (cameraman Du Toit, sound engineer Herman Botha and German journalist Dominik von Eisenhardt-Rothe) rescued by a motor boat from freezing water about 15 minutes after crash. A diver searching for the wreckage died on 23 May. Wreckage recovered 2 June, bodies the day before.
Sources:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/lesotho.pdf
Air Forces Monthly, July 2003, p76/AUG 2003
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2010 04:47 | TB | Added |
| 23-Oct-2012 05:07 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 30-Oct-2012 05:02 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 05-Nov-2012 11:22 | TB | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Dec-2020 17:57 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Dec-2020 17:58 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 29-Dec-2020 13:51 | TB | Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2021 10:12 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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