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title: "Update: Plane crashes at Harare Airport"
description: "The British Home Office have confirmed that the Harare plane incident was not an 'accident', but was a drill. This is despite the Zimbabwean Civil Aviation Authority reporting the incident as an accident earlier on. Officials from Kenya Airways and SAA also confirmed that it was a drill. Read more: Reuters Africa and the Telegraph"
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Business Maverick"
author: "Andy Rice"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/andyrice/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-08-05-update-plane-crashes-at-harare-airport/"
published: "2010-08-05T13:19:31"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:03:04"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 1
---

# Update: Plane crashes at Harare Airport

> The British Home Office have confirmed that the Harare plane incident was not an 'accident', but was a drill. This is despite the Zimbabwean Civil Aviation Authority reporting the incident as an accident earlier on. Officials from Kenya Airways and SAA also confirmed that it was a drill. Read more: [Reuters Africa](http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE6740C520100805?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews) and the [Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/7927914/Plane-accident-from-London-to-Zimbabwes-Harare-airport-a-drill.html)

By Andy Rice · Published 5 August 2010, 15:19 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:03 SAST

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