Search teams find the wreckage of a CASA C-212 Aviocar private plane carrying senior Australian mining executives including Ken Talbot in the jungle of the Republic of the Congo.

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A plane carrying several Australian mining executives including Ken Talbot disappears in either Cameroon or the Republic of the Congo. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20100621005738-http:--newsinfo.inquirer.net-breakingnews-world-view-20100621-276744-Plane-carrying-Australian-execs-missing-over-Africa ("Philippine Daily Inquirer")] [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-2-hi-world-africa-10361073.stm (BBC)] [http:--uk.reuters.com-article-idUKTRE65J2B420100620?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews (Reuters)], [http:--www.smh.com.au-business-six-mining-magnates-feared-dead-as-plane-vanishes-in-africa-20100620-ypct.html ("Sydney Morning Herald")]date=August 2019
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2010-06-21

CASA C-212 Aviocar

Search teams find the wreckage of a CASA C-212 Aviocar private plane carrying senior Australian mining executives including Ken Talbot in the jungle of the Republic of the Congo.

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