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An 18-seater plane, owned by Bop Air and chartered to Comair, explodes in mid-air near Germiston, killing all seventeen people
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South African History Online. (2012, February 24). An 18-seater plane, owned by Bop Air and chartered to Comair, explodes in mid-air near Germiston, killing all seventeen people. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074609
South African History Online (2012) 'An 18-seater plane, owned by Bop Air and chartered to Comair, explodes in mid-air near Germiston, killing all seventeen people', South African History Online, 24 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074609 (Accessed: 21 September 2026).
South African History Online, An 18-seater plane, owned by Bop Air and chartered to Comair, explodes in mid-air near Germiston, killing all seventeen people [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074609, (accessed 21 September 2026).
"An 18-seater plane, owned by Bop Air and chartered to Comair, explodes in mid-air near Germiston, killing all seventeen people." South African History Online, 24 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074609. Accessed 21 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "An 18-seater plane, owned by Bop Air and chartered to Comair, explodes in mid-air near Germiston, killing all seventeen people." South African History Online. February 24, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074609.
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