This archive report was first published on 5 August 2019.
On Saturday, a support plane carrying Des Werner and Werner Froneman, two South African pilots behind the Cape to Cairo Challenge, crashed in western Tanzania, killing both men.
The pilots were accompanying a team of teenage students who had just flown a four-seater Sling 4 plane from Cape Town to Cairo as part of the challenge.
According to the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority, the plane went down after take-off from Tabora airport, sending a distress signal about engine failure before disappearing from radar.
The plane was completely destroyed, with only a few parts recovered, local authorities said.
The Cape to Cairo Challenge is a project founded by 17-year-old Megan Werner, Des Werner's daughter, to inspire young people and give motivational talks to other teenagers along the way.
For the inaugural Cape Town to Cairo flight in June, six teenagers, including Miss Werner, obtained pilots' licences and shared flying duties to cover the 12,000km journey to the Egyptian capital.
The young pilots' goal was to give motivational talks to other teenagers along the way, landing in several countries during their three-week journey.
