Sunday, 1 December 2013

News: 33 people killed in Mozambique Airlines Plane Crash in Namibia




A Mozambique Airlines plane carrying 27 passengers and 6 crew members crashed in Namibia yesterday, Saturday, November 30th, killing all on board, local media reports.

The Brazilian-made Embraer 190 aircraft left Maputo and was heading to Luanda when it crashed in a remote border area near a Namibian national park, Mozambique authorities said. The plane was carrying 10 Mozambicans, 9 Angolans, 5 Portuguese, and one citizen each from France, Brazil and China, plus six crew members, including two pilots, three flight attendants and a maintenance technician, the airline reported.

Investigators are now trying to determine the cause of the crash.

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