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Wings Over Africa Cargo Crash


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Contact photographer Zak Economides

What: Sun Road Trading 10 CC / Wings Over Africa Cessna 208B Grand Caravan en route from Eros Airport, Windhoek to Rio Longa, Angola
Where: Eros Airport, Windhoek
When: Nov 15 2009
Who: 4 on board, 2 fatalities
Why: Just after takeoff from Eros Airport just after takeoff, the plane the ground and ploughed into foliage.

The crash is under investigation, another casualty statistic of Nambian aviation.

The crash is under investigation.

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