Three people killed as light aircraft crashes in Nasrec

Three people have been killed after the light aircraft they were travelling in crashed in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg.

It is believed that the aircraft was carrying three people when it crashed and left all three of them dead on Sunday.

“Emer-G-Med paramedics together with various emergency services agencies are currently in attendance of a crash of a light aircraft in the Nasrec area Johannesburg. The South African Police Services are in attendance and will be conducting the necessary investigations together with the civil aviation authorities,” said Emer-G-Med spokesperson Kyle van Reenen.

In a separate incident that sent shockwaves, five people on board a SAPS aircraft were killed when it crashed near Rand Airport in Gauteng.

According to a source at the scene, another person was critically injured and airlifted to a nearby hospital for further treatment.

“A SAPS Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter crashed shortly after taking off from Rand Airport on Tuesday afternoon.”

Police spokesperson Colonel Athlenda Mathe said they could sadly confirm that one of its fixed-wing aircraft crashed at Rand Airport in Gauteng at 14:30 in the afternoon.

“On board were five passengers and the pilot. All five passengers have sadly lost their lives. The pilot is critically injured and has been taken to a nearby hospital for further medical care. Authorities are on the scene to establish the cause of the accident,” Mathe said.

Earlier in 2022, two young pilots were killed when their aircraft crashed on a farm in Kinkelbos. The 33-year-old Sudanese national Oyit Ajackand 25-year-old Malawian National Bhadresh Kadiwar died on impact as their light aircraft crashed on a farm in Kinkelbos in June.

Source: The South African, Jacaranda FM, Times Live, Eyewitness News, image from Twitter: @JacaNews

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