Eleven dead, including Americans, as safari tourist plane crashes between Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti
- Cessna Caravan was flying through northern Tanzania when it came down
- Two Germans, two Americans, six Tanzanians and South African pilot killed
- Coastal Aviation, which owns the plane, says it is investigating the cause
- Accident happened on Wednesday but remote area has been difficult to access
Eleven people including American and German tourists are dead after a plane crash in Tanzania.
Two Americans, two Germans, six Tanzanians, and a South African pilot were all killed when their Cessna Caravan aircraft crashed in Ngorongoro National Park.
Coastal Aviation, which owned the aircraft, said it is not clear what caused the crash, but confirmed investigations are ongoing.
Eleven people including two American tourists and two Germans have been killed after a Cessna Caravan tour plane came down in remote Tanzania
Six Tanzanians working in the tourist industry and their South African pilot also died in the crash which happened on Wednesday in Ngorongoro National Park
The crash happened on Wednesday, and the nationalities of the dead were confirmed to The Sun on Friday.
The names of those on board are being withheld so their families can be informed.
'We are deeply saddened to report that eleven people have died after a single-plane accident this morning in Northern Tanzania,' the company said in a statement published on its website.
'Obviously, we are in shock. This is devastating,' said Coastal Aviation managing director Julian Edmunds.
'I fly our planes regularly. I have the utmost faith in our crew and our equipment.
It is believed that all of the bodies have been recovered except for the pilot, but the names of the dead are being withheld until their families can be informed
Coastal Aviation, which operated the plane, said its workers are still investigating the crash and do not know what caused it
'On behalf of the entire team at Coastal, we will be doing everything we can to assist the pending investigation.'
The company said the accident took place at 11:00am, and access to the remote site had been difficult.
An official at the nearby Serengeti National Park, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that the bodies of all the victims had been retrieved except for the pilot's.
'There are some foreigners among the dead, but also Tanzanians working in the tourism industry,' he said.
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