South African military aircraft crashes in mountains; soldiers looks for survivors

A South African military aircraft on an unknown mission to an area near former President Nelson Mandela’s village crashed in a mountain range, officials said Thursday. It was unclear whether there were any survivors. The Douglas C-47TP Dakota, a twin-propeller aircraft, had taken off from Pretoria’s Waterkloof Air Force Base on Wednesday morning, said Brig. Gen. Xolani Mabanga, a military spokesman.

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