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Platberg MTN: Beechcraft Crash, Harrismith South Africa


Pictured: A Beech G36 Bonanza photographed in South Africa. Not, to our knowledge, the one in the incident.
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What: Beech Bonanza en route from Vereeniging to Margate
Where: Harrismith South Africa
When: Dec 28 2009
Who: 4 passengers aboard, believed to be a family
Why: The flight was en route to margate but diverted to Harrismith due to technical problems. ATC lost contact with the plane during bad weather.

The plane crashed into a remote, inaccessible section of Platberg Mountain during heavy fog. The wreckage was located by another plane.

All 4 aboard the flight were fatalities, and believed to be a family group.

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