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An unusual attitude on a cloudy day in the mountains led to the fatal crash of a South African CAA Citation, accident investigators say.

by Linda Werfelman | February 8, 2022

The pilots of a Cessna Citation S550 operated by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) lost control of the airplane while attempting to calibrate an airport’s instrument landing system on a cloudy morning and crashed into a mountain, killing all three crewmembers and destroying the airplane.

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