ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321034
| Date: | Friday 14 October 2011 |
| Time: | 13:55 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Moremi Air |
| Registration: | A2-AKD |
| MSN: | 208B0582 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Xakanaka Airstrip -
 Botswana
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Xakanaka Airstrip |
| Pom Pom Camp Airstrip | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan was destroyed when it crashed near Xaxanaka, Botswana. The pilot and seven passengers were killed. Four passengers are said to have survived the accident.
The airplane crashed immediately after takeoff from Xakanaka Airstrip on a flight to Pom Pom Camp Airstrip in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Sources:
Flyafrica.info
The Monitor, 17-10-2011
Location
Images:
photo (c) Timo Blossfeld; Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS); 02 September 2005
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