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Cessna Citation S550 crashes in South Africa

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On 23 January 2020, South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) have confirmed that it has not been able to make contact with one of it’s Cessna S550 Citation SII’s, that took-off from George Airport (GRJ).

It was a flight inspection unit aircraft.
The crew, two males and one female, took off at 10:40 (local time) from the George Airport (GRJ) on a flight calibration mission of navigational aids.

The aircraft (reg: ZS-CAR) was found in the mountains near Robinson Pass North-East of George. The position corresponds with their last radar contact.

Source: flightlineweekly.com

This post was published on 23 January 2020 19:13

Maarten Van Den Driessche

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