Investigations into aircraft crashes ongoing

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MAUN: Investigations into the causes of the two civilian aircraft crashes that left eight tourists dead in the Okavango Delta last year are still ongoing, the minister of Transport and Communications Nonofo Molefhi has said.

Molefhi said investigators are readying a final report that will establish the causes of the accidents and once the investigations have been concluded, the findings will be made public. He said this when officiating at the third aviation Pitso held in Maun lodge last week.

In October last year, the country was hit by two crash accidents, the first one involving Moremi air, which was carrying 12 people on board. Eight people including the British pilot and tourists from Britain, Sweden and France died on the crash.  A second aircraft owned by Delta Air crashed after take off just a day after the Moremi air crash. Fortunately, no one was injured in the four French tourists, South African pilot and a Namibian on board.

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