Last year it was October, and this year it seems to be a black December for the General Aviation industry in South Africa.
December has had five aircraft crashes so far, with three in the last seven days alone, claiming four fatalities.
7 December 2009: SA Airlink aircraft crashed in George, only overrunning the runway – no fatalities, only minor injuries
11 December 2009: The Yack, a semi-aerobatic aircraft crash landed in Bisho (Close to East London) after the elevator got stuck
13 December 2009: An Extra 300 (aerobatic aircraft) crashed into a veld close to Grasmere, Gauteng. The reason unknown, claiming two lives.
And on the same day a Piper Arrow had a engine failure after take off from Rand Airport, Gauteng – no fatalities
18 December 2009 (Today): A Beechcraft Baron crashed after take off from Wonderboom Airport, Gauteng, two fatalities
Even though there are no correlation between these incidents, they all happened in the same month. The same happened last year in October, claiming twenty lives!
I’m not one to believe in bad luck or superstition, but this sure is creepy.
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Tis looks really bad! I Can’t imagine what it would be like to be in one of those aircrafts, as in the 20 years i’ve been flying i’ve never had even a minor crash!