India, Oct. 1 -- A helicopter crash in Zimbabwe has turned a routine evening flight into a major tragedy, with authorities confirming that nobody aboard survived. The aircraft went down in the Marondera Rural area, east of Harare, at around 5 pm local time on Wednesday, September 30, sending emergency teams to the crash site as police began working to establish the identities of those killed.

The crash has drawn particular attention because local reports named prominent businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy "Lulu" Muteke, among those killed. However, Zimbabwean authorities had not initially released the names of the victims, and officials gave conflicting figures about the number of people aboard the aircraft.

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