Eleven killed in Serengeti plane crash

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The Cessna Caravan light airplane, carrying a pilot and 10 passengers, was flying tourists from Arusha, when it went down in the Ngorongoro crater at about 08 AM.
Arusha. Eleven people perished, when a chartered plane belonging to Coastal Aviation, crashed Empakaai near Serengeti National Park.
The Cessna Caravan light airplane, carrying a pilot and 10 passengers, was flying tourists from Arusha, when it went down in the Ngorongoro crater at about 08 AM.
The chartered company said in a statement that the identities of the dead would be withheld until their families are notified.
“This is devastating,” the company said. The cause of the accident was unknown, police said.