Sincere condolences to the family of the pilot and the tourists. May they rest in peace.
I was an instructor myself in Namibia and flew charter for a company their close onto 2000hours around those parts. I fully agree with what was said on the Rwy 09/27, that no-one in their right mind with temperatures soaring way above the 30C can take off from such a short runway and have good obstacle clearance. I dont know what the take off runway was let alone the surface conditions at the time but what I should add is that the training standard in Namibia for such a thing is absolutely appaling. I hurts me seeing an aeroplane make a forced landing and knowing well that the training their is not up to standard....
I got these 43rd Air School "cowboys" come to me for test prep on a C210 and 99% of them were shocking the least to say. Not just them anybody who has a Commercial Pilot licence from anywhere was not ready for a C210. That aeroplane is not your friend in the early stages of flying and if you manage your time correctly and flying that aeroplane you will be seriously hurt.
I tried to set a standard in my company that I flew for to do at least 3 "simulated" forced landings every month. Many sectors you were alone and had the oppurtunity to do it. I even had the blessing from the CFI and the Big boss. Not a lot of companies do that, but wait all that effort fell on deaf ears and still we hear of all these accidents in Namibia due to forced landings gone wrong....I cant say whether it was one of those cases yet because I wasnt there to witness it myself...
What i like to add is that something must be done on the training side of things otherwise more and more of these accidents are going to happen. The C210 over there are getting older and older and the accidents are going to happen more often. The training must improve drastically and it must happen now.
If anybody has similar experience please elaborate.
Icarus