ATR-42 Accident in Gaborone

In the early hours of October 11, 1999, Air Botswana pilot took an ATR-42 aircraft belonging to his company without permission and flew over the city.

He wanted to speak to a number of people in top management and later crashed onto two other ATR-42 aircraft belonging to the same airline, destroying all the three aircraft and losing his own life.

Cessna 206 Accident in Maun

In the afternoon of May 1, 2001, a Cessna 206 aircraft belonging to Moremi Air, a Maun-based charter comapny, took-off with five persons on board for a scenic flight.

The flight was uneventful until on its in-bound leg, when it crashed after having been observed performing some manouevres at low altitude. There was no warning or distress call by the crew before the mishap.