Cronje, who was 32, reportedly caught a ride home to his home town of George on the Hawker Siddeley 748 cargo plane from Bloemfontein after missing an earlier scheduled flight.

BBC: Cronje crash due to weather

Her cargo was gone and her original crew, two South Koreans and 13 Chinese, were missing, presumed dead.

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