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German Family and Pilot Killed in Namibia Desert Air Crash Near Sossusvlei

Officials say results from the crash inquiry may not come soon.

Overview

  • Search teams found the Cessna 210 on Monday morning after the charter vanished Sunday on a short flight toward the Sossusvlei dunes.
  • The victims are Silke and Richard Lohmiller and their son Henry, confirmed by the Dieter Schwarz Stiftung, along with the German pilot who worked for Desert Air.
  • Namibia’s accident authority opened a formal investigation and asked the public to avoid speculation about the cause.
  • Investigators said the operator’s tracker showed the flight until about five minutes before the planned landing, and the low route meant no contact with air traffic control.
  • Police located the wreck near Hammerstein, recovered the pilot and two male victims for autopsy in Windhoek, and said the search for the woman’s remains continues.