Today in History: Lt Col Jet Mwebaze Found Dead After Rwenzori Plane Crash

Mwebaze survived the initial impact but suffered fractured ribs and was left severely weakened. As his colleagues attempted to find a way down the mountain and raise the alarm, he reportedly told them on October 1 to continue ahead while he remained behind near a stream.Lieutenant Colonel Jet Mwebaze, a National Resistance Army (NRA) officer who had joined the bush war in the Luweero jungles in 1982, was found dead on this day in 1998 along the banks of River Nyamwamba after surviving a plane crash in the Rwenzori Mountains.