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Mining Company Plane Crash

What: Australian Mining Company Sundance Resources Charter Aéro-Service CASA C-212 Aviocar en route from Yaoundé-Nsimalen International Airport at Yaounde, to Yangadou
Where: 6.3 miles from Cameroon / Congo border
When: June 19 2010
Who: 11 passengers 2 crew, (six Australians, two French, one American and two British citizens) all fatalities
Why: En route to visit an iron ore mining site, the helicopter crashed in the Congolese jungle; it was located Monday afternoon. Those lost include Australian billionaire, Ken Talbot, and company chairman, Geoff Wedlock.