SA pilot and German family of four die in Namibian plane crash

The aircraft crashed on the banks of the Zambezi not long after take-off, charter company MD

31 August 2022 - 21:01 By HENDRIK HANCKE

Nicole Mienie, the 21-year-old SA pilot who died with four German passengers in a tragic air crash in Namibia on Tuesday, lived to fly and died the way she lived...

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