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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.