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Accident | |
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Date | 1 March 1988 |
Summary | In-flight breakup due to suicide bombing |
Site | Germiston, near Johannesburg International Airport |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante |
Operator | Comair (South Africa) |
Registration | ZS-LGP |
Flight origin | Phalaborwa Airport, South Africa |
Destination | Johannesburg International Airport, South Africa |
Occupants | 17 |
Passengers | 15 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 17 |
Survivors | 0 |
On Tuesday 1 March 1988, Comair Flight 206, an Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante flying from Phalaborwa to Johannesburg[1][unreliable source?] was approaching Johannesburg International Airport to land when it broke up in flight over Germiston.[2][3] Reports indicated an explosive device on board; the cockpit was found a quarter of a kilometer away from the rest of the fuselage, despite the flight having been relatively low at the time of the accident. A miner on board had taken out a large life insurance policy shortly before the flight.[2] There were no survivors.
Comair continued to use the flight code on a different route between Durban and Johannesburg up until their financial collapse in 2022.
See also
- Pan Am Flight 103
- Federal Express Flight 705
- Continental Airlines Flight 11
- National Airlines Flight 2511
- United Airlines Flight 629
- Avianca Flight 203
References
- ^ Van Dyke, L (2009). FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BOLD: AN AFRICAN AVIATION ODYSSEY. Xlibris Corporation. p. 256. ISBN 978-1462813902.
- ^ a b ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante ZS-LGP Germiston, c. 13 km SW of Johannesburg International Airport (JNB') (Report). Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ CRASH OF AN EMBRAER EMB-110P1 BANDEIRANTE NEAR JOHANNESBURG: 17 KILLED (Report). Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.