Vintage Convair CV-340 crashes on takeoff in South Africa; one dead
One crew member was killed and about 19 people injured when a twin-engine Convair CV-340 airliner crashed July 10 outside of Wonderboom Airport, near Pretoria, South Africa, according to media reports. During takeoff from the airport, the aircraft was seen trailing smoke from its left engine, and eyewitnesses reported observing flames, the Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety Network reported. The aircraft, operating a test flight, went down about 6 km east of the airport, struck a shed and broke apart. South African charter airline Rovos Air had donated the vintage aircraft, which was built in 1954, to the Aviodrome aviation theme park at Lelystad Airport, in the Netherlands; it was scheduled to be exhibited there later this month.<br/>
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Vintage Convair CV-340 crashes on takeoff in South Africa; one dead
One crew member was killed and about 19 people injured when a twin-engine Convair CV-340 airliner crashed July 10 outside of Wonderboom Airport, near Pretoria, South Africa, according to media reports. During takeoff from the airport, the aircraft was seen trailing smoke from its left engine, and eyewitnesses reported observing flames, the Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety Network reported. The aircraft, operating a test flight, went down about 6 km east of the airport, struck a shed and broke apart. South African charter airline Rovos Air had donated the vintage aircraft, which was built in 1954, to the Aviodrome aviation theme park at Lelystad Airport, in the Netherlands; it was scheduled to be exhibited there later this month.<br/>
