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ACCIDENT DETAILS

Date:

March 01, 1988

Time:

1728

Location:

Near Johannesburg, South Africa

Operator:

Commercial Airways (Comair)

Flight #:

206

Route:

Phalaborwa - Johannesburg

AC Type:

Embraer 110P1 Bandeirante

Registration:

ZS-LGP

cn / ln:

110-402

Aboard:

17 (passengers:15 crew:2)

Fatalities:

17 (passengers:15 crew:2)

Ground:

0

Summary:

The aircraft crashed and burned 8 miles from Jan Smuts Airport while attemping to land. Detonation of a bomb consisting of nitro-glycerine and ammonium nitrate. A mineworker who heavily insured himself was thought to have committed suicide.