Just found: two ex-SAAF Piaggio P166s with 13 pax crashed...
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Just found: two ex-SAAF Piaggio P166s with 13 pax crashed...
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=137946 will be updated the coming few hours/days I guess...
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Re: Two ex-SAAF Piaggio P166 aircraft missing en route Jo'burg..
According to SABC the wrecks have been found now with 13 bodies inside. A mid air collision is suspected.
http://www.sabcnews.co.za/portal/site/S ... lPath=home
http://www.sabcnews.co.za/portal/site/S ... lPath=home
Re: Two ex-SAAF Piaggio P166 aircraft missing en route Jo'burg..
first links states:
"Two ex SAAF Piaggio P-166S Albatross aircraft took off after a display at the Tzaneen Air Show. Shortly after take-off they disappeared. Apparently a report regarding the wreckage of the two aircraft having been located in Olifant's Gorge after what appeared to have been a mid-air collision is false. The search is still ongoing."
so to me it is unclear if the planes really have been found jet
"Two ex SAAF Piaggio P-166S Albatross aircraft took off after a display at the Tzaneen Air Show. Shortly after take-off they disappeared. Apparently a report regarding the wreckage of the two aircraft having been located in Olifant's Gorge after what appeared to have been a mid-air collision is false. The search is still ongoing."
so to me it is unclear if the planes really have been found jet
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Re: Two ex-SAAF Piaggio P166 aircraft missing en route Jo'burg..
These guys seem to be well-informed:
http://www.flyafrica.info/forums/showth ... neen/page4 .
http://www.flyafrica.info/forums/showth ... neen/page4 .
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Re: Wreckage found: two ex-SAAF Piaggio P166 aircraft crashed...
http://www.flyafrica.info/forums/showth ... neen/page7
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ ... e]Wreckage of missing planes found
2011-08-16 08:30
Cape Town - The wreckage of two Albatross planes were found early on Tuesday morning, Search and Rescue SA’s Johnny Smit confirmed to News24.
He said that rescuers were being hoisted down to the wreckage “as we speak” to look for survivors.
The wreckage was found in the Mamotswiri Peak region.
The planes went missing on Sunday after leaving an air show in Tzaneen and heading for an airport in Gauteng.[/quote]
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ ... e]Wreckage of missing planes found
2011-08-16 08:30
Cape Town - The wreckage of two Albatross planes were found early on Tuesday morning, Search and Rescue SA’s Johnny Smit confirmed to News24.
He said that rescuers were being hoisted down to the wreckage “as we speak” to look for survivors.
The wreckage was found in the Mamotswiri Peak region.
The planes went missing on Sunday after leaving an air show in Tzaneen and heading for an airport in Gauteng.[/quote]
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