A
Mozambique Airlines flight with 34 people on board has been reported missing
over northeast Namibia. Authorities have been searching a game park for signs
of the aircraft.
The Mozambique
Airlines (LAM) flight TM 479 was bound for the Angolan capital, Luanda, after
setting off from Maputo in Mozambique.
The airline
said in a statement that 28 passengers and six crew members were on board the
plane when it lost contact with air traffic controllers on Friday afternoon.
Namibian
Police Force Deputy Commissioner Willy Bampton told the Namibia Press Agency on
Saturday that a search was oingoing in the Bwabwata National Park in the
Kavango East region.
The thick
jungle terrain and heavy rains were complicating search efforts, he said.
Namibian
police were informed by Botswanan officials that smoke was seen and explosions
heard near the countries's common border on Friday afternoon.
Like all
airlines in Mozambique, LAM is banned from flying in European Union airspace as
it does not comply with EU safety standards.
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