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2010 Aéro-Service C-212 crash

Passenger plane crash in Cameroon

Field	Value
coordinates
image	Medavia - CASA C-212-100 Aviocar.jpg
caption	An Aviocar similar to the accident aircraft
occurrence_type	Accident
date
summary	Under investigation
site	Near Dima, South Region, Cameroon
aircraft_type	CASA C-212 Aviocar
operator	Aéro-Service
tail_number	TN-AFA
origin	Yaoundé Airport, Yaoundé, Cameroon
destination	Yangadou, Republic of the Congo
occupants	11
passengers	9
crew	2
fatalities	11
survivors	0

On 19 June 2010, a CASA C-212 Aviocar transport aircraft crashed on a flight from Yaoundé, Cameroon, to Yangadou, Republic of the Congo, killing all eleven people on board. Among the victims were the entire board of Australian mining conglomerate Sundance Resources, including mining executive Ken Talbot.

Accident

On 19 June 2010, Cam Iron – Sundance's Cameroon subsidiary – chartered a CASA C-212 Aviocar from Aéro-Service to fly their board members from Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, to the remote mining town of Yangadou, Republic of the Congo. The Aviocar was chartered because the company's private jet was too large to operate into the destination airfield.

The aircraft departed from Yaoundé Airport at 09:13 and contact was last made with the aircraft at 09:51. The aircraft was scheduled to arrive at Yangadou at 10:20.

A search for the aircraft was carried out by the French Military, and the Cameroon Government, using a Transall C-160 and a Eurocopter AS532 Cougar helicopter. The search was hampered by local fog. The wreckage of the aircraft was found on 22 June at Dima, 30 km short of its destination and near the regional capital Djoum, Cameroon. There were no survivors among the eleven people on board.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was CASA C-212 Aviocar registered TN-AFA. It was operated by Aéro-Service an airline that is banned from operating in the European Union due to safety concerns.

Victims

The victims were of various nationalities, and included mining magnate Ken Talbot.

Nationality	Crew	Passengers	Total
Australia		6	6
France	1	1	2
United Kingdom	1	1	2
United States		1	1
Total	2	9	11

References

Notes

References

Murdoch, Scott. (20 June 2010). "Australian mining bosses' plane missing". The Australian.
(21 June 2010). "Sundance execs forced to take same plane". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
(20 June 2010). "Plane with Australians, other foreigners 'missing': Cameroon". Expatica.
(22 June 2010). "Sundance plane found in Congo with no survivors". News.com.
Tasker, Sarah-Jane. (21 June 2010). "Rudd promises full search for mining executives as Wilson Tuckey links trip to resources tax". The Australian.
Hradecky, Simon. "Crash: Aero Service C212 near Avima on Jun 19th 2010, impacted mountainous terrain". The Aviation Herald.
Thomas, Geoffrey. (21 June 2010). "Sundance airline banned from EU". The West Australian.
Guest, Debbie. (22 June 2010). "Miners ignored rule on flights". theaustralian.com.au.
(2010-07-10). "Bodies of mining executives return home". ABC News.

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