Massive search for 2 planes in South African mountains
ASN Aircraft accident 14-AUG-2011 Piaggio P-166S Albatross ZU-ACI
A massive air and ground search is underway for two medium-sized aircraft that went missing after taking part in an air show in the northern town of Tzaneen, each carrying six people at the time they disappeared.
The aircraft, two civilian Piaggio P.166 Albatross types, are able to carry two crew and four passengers and were headed for Rand Airport. The Albatross planes, formerly South African Air Force (SAAF) maritime patrol planes, went missing in the mountainous feature called the Escarpment, which separates the central South African plateau, the Highveld, from the coastal plain where Tzaneen is situated.