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African Crash update, 9 Dead

What: Britten-Norman Islander en route from Mozambique (Nelspruit’s Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) at 14:00) to Bloemfontein
Where: The wreckage was found in the Barberton mountain area near Nelspruit
When: Lost Sunday, found Monday 06/10/2008 16:47 – (SA)
Who: Eight passengers, 1 pilot
Why: After disappearing, a search-and-rescue team made up of police, military personnel and the Civil Aviation Authority with two military Oryx helicopters, one police chopper and a private chopper tracked down the crash site. The wreckage was found only when aerial photography perceived the wreckage on a mountainside,

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