Mbire, Zimbabwe – A small aircraft crashed in Zimbabwe’s north district of Mbire late on Thursday and 10 people were injured.
The small aircraft had 10 people on board when it crashed near an airstrip in Kanyemba when it was heading for Kafue national park in Mozambique.
The Beech 200 Super King Air was damaged in the accident.
The aircraft’s registration is ZS-TAE.
In 2023 RioZim Limited’s billionaire owner, Harpal Randhawa died with his son when a Cessna plane crashed in Mashava.
Air crashes involving military aircrafts are common in Zimbabwe in recent years.
Old obselete Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) planes are the source of many accidents at the defence forces unit of the air force.
In March, Squadron leader Ritswanetsi Vuyo Ncube died when an F7 AFZ jet crashed near Josiah Tungamirai airbase.
In February, an AFZ pilot, Air Lieutenant Nesbert Tambudza, died after the Karakorum-8 (K-8) jet trainer aircraft that he was flying crashed in the Guinea Fowl area in Gweru.
In 2023, the AFZ lost two senior officers, Group Captain Ben Munyanduki and Wing Commander Daniel Manyenga after an SF260 aircraft hit powerlines.