Comair Flight 206

Comair Flight 206

An Embraer 110, similar to the incident aircraft
Accident
Date	1 March 1988 (1988-03-01)
Summary	In-flight break up
Site	Germiston, near Johannesburg International Airport
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
Operator	Comair (South Africa)
Registration	ZS-LGP
Flight origin	Phalaborwa Airport, South Africa
Destination	Johannesburg International Airport, South Africa
Occupants	17
Passengers	15
Crew	2
Fatalities	17
Injuries	0
Survivors	0

On Tuesday 1 March 1988, an Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante operating scheduled passenger route MN206, or Comair Flight 206, from Phalaworba to Johannesburg for Comair^[1] was approaching Johannesburg International Airport to land when it broke up in flight over Germiston.^[2][3] Reports indicated an explosive device on board; the cockpit was found a quarter of a kilometer away from the rest of the fuselage, despite the flight having been relatively low at the time of the accident. A miner on board had taken out a large life insurance policy shortly before the flight.^[2] There were no survivors.

Comair continues to use the flight code, though on a different route, flying Durban-Johannesburg.

See also[]

• Pan Am Flight 103
• Federal Express Flight 705
• Continental Airlines Flight 11
• National Airlines Flight 2511
• United Airlines Flight 629
• Avianca Flight 203

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