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Article: Update 2: Aircraft crashes, pilot injured in air show in South Africa
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 22, 2002
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Update 2: Aircraft crashes, pilot injured in air show in South
Africa
PRETORIA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- An aircraft crashed and a pilot
was injured during an air show in a military base close to Pretoria,
the capital of South Africa, on Sunday morning.
Martie Visser, spokesman for the Africa Aerospace and Defense
2002, said that a Harvard T6G 7728 from SAAF Museum experienced
problems and performed an emergency landing while participating in a
fly past as part of a Heritage Flight Performance at Waterkloof Air
Base Show on Sunday.
The incident occurred at 11:40 a.m. (0940 GMT) and about 10 km
southeast of the air show, which attracts more than 10,000 visitors
on Sunday.
The ...