Botswana man dies after crashing aircraft in alleged attempt to kill wife
Video footage which was taken moments after the King Air, twin-engine aircraft crashed into the Matsieng Aerodrome Clubhouse shows a collapsed building and several cars engulfed in flames.
PRETORIA - A pilot has been killed after he allegedly purposefully flew a King Air private aircraft into a clubhouse at the Matsieng Aerodrome north of Gaborone apparently in an effort to kill his wife.
Details of the incident remain unclear, but images on social media reveal the entire clubhouse destroyed.
Video footage which was taken moments after the King Air, twin-engine aircraft crashed into the Matsieng Aerodrome Clubhouse shows a collapsed building and several cars engulfed in flames.
It’s understood a man who was attending a baby shower with his wife got into a fight with her, but after assaulting her, was chased away from the venue.
A witness claims that the man, who is a pilot, stole an aircraft before calling a friend who was at the baby shower and asking where his wife was.
The man at the party apparently realised what was happening and evacuated the building which was struck by the aircraft minutes later, killing only the pilot.
The Botswana police could not be reached for comment.
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Sisemen
Re: This seems to be a favourite method of committing suicide in Botswana
Presumably ExA is still with us 
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Slasher
Re: This seems to be a favourite method of committing suicide in Botswana
I don't think Ex-A nor TS attend baby showers especially all that way to Gaborone - unless the booze was unlimited and free. 
Had it pranged into a loud jungle bunny musicfest over the other side of the lagoon then I'd be suspicious. A man can only take so much horrible racket in his earole.
Had it pranged into a loud jungle bunny musicfest over the other side of the lagoon then I'd be suspicious. A man can only take so much horrible racket in his earole.
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Slasher
Re: This seems to be a favourite method of committing suicide in Botswana
If he was taken to the hospital in hundreds of small burnt bits I think that'd be an accurate diagnosis.The pilot was certified dead upon arrival at the hospital.
What is it anyway with the blacks there lately doing kamikaze missions? I guess a few pre-takeoff beers are about on par with a few sakis.
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Capetonian
Re: This seems to be a favourite method of committing suicide in Botswana
He wasn't a black, he was a white South African.
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Slasher
Re: This seems to be a favourite method of committing suicide in Botswana
Ah. The pic of him in the link makes him look mainly black. Dim lighting and his beard.
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Sisemen