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Old 15th Nov 2014, 09:04
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HS 748 cargo down

News this morning.

Operator 747 Air Services
Lobal Airlift cago charter for Lutheran Church.
Aicraft HS 748

Crew: 3. 2 Pilots + 10 goats perished.Loadmaster survived.

Likely cause : fire

Location; South Sudan. Veered and destructed upon landing with one engine shut down.

Time : 1530 LT

At least 4th kenya registered cargo turboprop in an accident this year2nd HS 748 on a landing accident.Other turboprop crahes involved Kenyan reg Fokker 50s one in Nairobi and 2 in Sudan and Somalia earlier this year.

Last edited by Trackdiamond; 15th Nov 2014 at 13:52. Reason: info update
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