Just found: two ex-SAAF Piaggio P166s with 13 pax crashed...

Stratofreighter · Post by **Stratofreighter** » 14 Aug 2011, 23:53

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=137946 will be updated the coming few hours/days I guess...

Stratofreighter · Post by **Stratofreighter** » 15 Aug 2011, 06:50

ZU-ACI is one of the aircraft missing...

http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/W ... u-20110814

Wildpicture · Post by **Wildpicture** » 15 Aug 2011, 14:08

According to SABC the wrecks have been found now with 13 bodies inside. A mid air collision is suspected.
http://www.sabcnews.co.za/portal/site/S ... lPath=home

mart · Post by **mart** » 15 Aug 2011, 14:24

first links states:
"Two ex SAAF Piaggio P-166S Albatross aircraft took off after a display at the Tzaneen Air Show. Shortly after take-off they disappeared. Apparently a report regarding the wreckage of the two aircraft having been located in Olifant's Gorge after what appeared to have been a mid-air collision is false. The search is still ongoing."

so to me it is unclear if the planes really have been found jet

Stratofreighter · Post by **Stratofreighter** » 15 Aug 2011, 14:38

These guys seem to be well-informed:

http://www.flyafrica.info/forums/showth ... neen/page4 .

Stratofreighter · Post by **Stratofreighter** » 16 Aug 2011, 09:11

http://www.flyafrica.info/forums/showth ... neen/page7

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ ... e]Wreckage of missing planes found
2011-08-16 08:30

Cape Town - The wreckage of two Albatross planes were found early on Tuesday morning, Search and Rescue SA’s Johnny Smit confirmed to News24.

He said that rescuers were being hoisted down to the wreckage “as we speak” to look for survivors.

The wreckage was found in the Mamotswiri Peak region.

The planes went missing on Sunday after leaving an air show in Tzaneen and heading for an airport in Gauteng.[/quote]

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