The World - News from April 14, 1988
A chartered DC-3 that crashed in South Africa, killing all 24 people aboard, was carrying leading South African jockeys, trainers and horse racing officials to a race meeting. Officials said the 13 jockeys killed in the crash represented about one-third of the active riders in the Johannesburg area. The pilot of the old propeller-driven plane reported a fire on board before it crashed 155 miles southwest of Johannesburg.
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