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Zambia Crash Endangers President’s Staff

What: Zambia Air Force plane registration # AF 215 en route to Kasempa
Where: Mukinge airstrip in Kasempa
When: October 16, 2010
Who: Government officials from President Rupiah Banda’s staff
Why: According to published reports, the pilot delayed his descent, landed too far down the runway. He applied emergency brakes and lost control of the plane, which crashed past the end of the runway.

Government workers including Minister Mike Mulongoti, Community Development Minister, Michael Kaingu and Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane were aboard but unharmed

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