On 19 June 2010, a

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transport aircraft crashed on a flight from

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, Cameroon, to Yangadou, Republic of the Congo, killing all eleven people on board. Among the victims were the entire board of Australian mining conglomerate

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, including mining executive Ken Talbot.

Accident

On 19 June 2010, Cam Iron – Sundance's Cameroon subsidiary – chartered a CASA C-212 Aviocar from Aéro-Service to fly their board members from Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, to the remote mining town of Yangadou, Republic of the Congo. The Aviocar was chartered because the company's private jet was too large to operate into the destination airfield. The aircraft departed from Yaoundé Airport at 09:13 and contact was last made with the aircraft at 09:51. The aircraft was scheduled to arrive at Yangadou at 10:20. A search for the aircraft was carried out by the French Military, and the Cameroon Government, using a

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and a

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helicopter. The search was hampered by local

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. The wreckage of the aircraft was found on 22 June at Dima, short of its destination and near the regional capital

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, Cameroon. There were no survivors among the eleven people on board.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was CASA C-212 Aviocar registered TN-AFA. It was operated by Aéro-Service an airline that is banned from operating in the

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due to safety concerns.

Victims

The victims were of various nationalities, and included mining magnate Ken Talbot.

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