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Wreck of missing plane found near Soyo

    JOHANNESBURG

    Angolan authorities have found the presumed wreck of a twin- engine Cessna aircraft that disappeared two weeks ago with its two crewmen, the director of the national civil aviation authority told Lusa on Friday. Helder Preza said wreckage of the plane had been spotted from the air on Thursday in the Soyo region of northwestern Angola. A search team should be sent to the area, which is “difficult to access”, within the next few days, he added. The Cessna 337 aircraft owned by the American company Airscan and working for the Angolan oil sector, disappeared on July 16 after taking off from Soyo.

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