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Kilimanjaro chrash site

Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:06 am

I read somewhere about a DC- taht crashed on teh flanks of mount Kilimanjaro years ago. It was a cargo flight with the money on board of some mineworkers.

The plane is unaccessible but visible on the flanks on good weather.

I can't find any info on this back on the internet. Anyone has a good lead to this story?

Johan

Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:05 pm

It was C-47B VP-KKH of East African Airways. Crashed on Mwenzi, Kilimanjaro's twin peak, at 15,200 feet on 15 May 1955.

Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:53 pm

Was the money recovered?

Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:52 am

Thanks for the info, taht should make it easier to google it up. Are there any reports published on this? attempts made to recover?

Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:54 am

retroaviation wrote:Was the money recovered?

Gary: you organise a trip to Kenya soon ? :D
Don't forget to invit me ;)

Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:23 am

If you really want to know what's on Kilimanjaro...

http://www.mck.or.ke/
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