Theft and crash of a Beechcraft King Air B200 in March 2019
| Crash of a Beechcraft King Air B200 | |
|---|---|
 A Beechcraft King Air B200 |
|
| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Pilot suicide |
| place |
Matsieng Airfield 24 ° 21 ′ 25 ″ S , 26 ° 5 ′ 25 ″ E |
| date | 23 March 2019 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft King Air B200 |
| operator | Kalahari Air Services |
| Mark | A2-MBM |
| Departure airport | Gaborone airport |
| Destination airport | none |
| Passengers | 0 |
| crew | 1 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The theft and crash of a Beechcraft King Air B200 with the aircraft registration number A2-MBM was caused on March 23, 2019 by South African Charl Viljoen, an employee of the aviation company Kalahari Air Services . According to reports, the 37-year-old to his employer Kalahari Air Services at the nearby aircraft Airport Gaborone Sir Seretse Khama stolen and then transferred to a hangar and the tower of the airfield Matsieng at Rasesa have flown in the Southeast. Previously, he is said to have made sure by telephone, possibly in a drunk state, that his wife, with whom there had previously been an argument, is in the building. After the suspicious-sounding call, the person called brought everyone out of the building to safety.
The aircraft accident is being investigated by the Botswana Directorate of Accident Investigation of the Ministry of Transport.
Similar incident in Botswana in 1999
Although pilot suicides , especially those with a willful intent to destroy, occur statistically rather rarely and the aviation industry of the poorly populated Botswana is very small, this was the second incident of this kind in 20 years after the Air Botswana accident in 1999 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Suicide plane crash 'not the first' in Botswana - report. News24, March 26, 2019.
- ↑ a b Pilot, who allegedly wanted to kill wife after an argument, dies after crashing plane. News24, March 24, 2019.
- ↑ SA pilot behind Botswana crash called friend from aircraft, looking for wife. News24, March 25, 2019.