9-passenger company plane crashes in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG. February 9. KAZINFORM South African rescuers say they have recovered eight bodies after a plane carrying nine people crashed in a nature reserve 320 miles east of Cape Town; Kazinform refers to Arab News.

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National Rescue Service spokesman Craig Lambinon says debris from the plane, missing for 14 hours, was found early Wednesday morning. He says no survivors have been found.

The single-engine plane was a company plane owned by Johannesburg-based Italtile Ltd. Lambinon says there was heavy fog, but the cause of the crash is still under investigation. The plane was flying between two small airports in South Africa; Kazinform cites Arab News.

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