 Cronje died in June 2002 after his plane crashed in bad weather |
Human error and bad weather led to the plane crash that killed Hansie Cronje, according to a report by South Africa's Civil Aviation Authority. The former South Africa captain died on 1 June 2002 when the aircraft crashed into a hill 260 miles from Cape Town.
The report said the accident was probably "human factor related, with weather and mechanical as well as technological factors contributing."
The pilot had to execute an instrument-guided approach in overcast skies.
The CAA was last year moved to play down newspaper allegations of a conspiracy to cause the crash, which killed two other people.
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.
Cronje was banned from professional cricket for life in 2000 after admitting accepting money from bookmakers for supplying information on matches.
Former teammates, including Herschelle Gibbs and Henry Williams, also alleged he offered them money to under-perform in games.
He had only recently begun work as the financial director of a construction company.
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