Accident Details
On June 21, a charter flight departed Yaoundé-Nsimalen Airport at 0913LT, bound for Yangadou, a small airstrip serving iron mines in northern Congo. The flight was operated under contract for Cam Iron, a Cameroon-based company subcontracting for the Australian Sundance Resources Group. At 0951LT, the crew made its last radio contact with air traffic control before the aircraft disappeared from radar screens. The wreckage was located around 1700LT near Mintom. The aircraft was totally destroyed.
Victims
All 11 occupants of the aircraft were killed in the accident. Among the deceased was Ken Talbot, an Australian investor involved in the iron mining business. The other victims were not identified in the initial report.
Background
The flight was a charter arranged for Cam Iron, which was a subcontractor for Sundance Resources Group, an Australian company. The purpose of the flight was to transport personnel to the Yangadou airstrip, which serves several iron mines in the region. The accident occurred in a remote area near Mintom, Cameroon.