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Aircraft door falling in Bloem

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FB carrying an article about an aircraft door allegedly falling in Bloem.
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Here's the door :lol: ... Cessna?
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ZS-LFW maybe?
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Re: Aircraft door falling in Bloem

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Amazing that an Avcom thread doesn't go beyond 3 posts when a Part of an aeroplane falls to ground. No speculation, no theories, no response?
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JCA wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 4:22 pm Amazing that an Avcom thread doesn't go beyond 3 posts when a Part of an aeroplane falls to ground. No speculation, no theories, no response?

Imagine the response if it were a Boeing ...
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One of the posts stated that the SA Air Force collected the door for 'their investigation'....
Was a SAAF aircraft involved here? The color scheme is similar to those on the SAAF Caravans and King Airs 8-[
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Was definitely ZS-LFW, video doing rounds of door falling in a parking lot at a mall in Bloem.
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Now reported on Netwerk24 - https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/nuu ... o-20250211

Can unfortunately not open the article as it is behind a paywall. Claim it to be from a medevac aircraft.
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LASS 1190 wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 6:07 pm Netwerk24 - https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/nuu ... o-20250211
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