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South Africa Military Plane Crash Kills All on Board


A South African military plane has crashed in the eastern part of the country, killing all 11 people on board.

The South African Defense Ministry says the plane went down in the Drakensberg mountains after taking off late Wednesday from Pretoria.

The plane was carrying six crew members and five passengers en route to Mthatha, and encountered bad weather before the crash.

Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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