Three killed in light aircraft crash in KZN
Rescuers have now found the wreckage, and all three occupants deceased – including a student pilot – with the plane appearing to have crashed into sugar cane fields.
The aircraft was last tracked flying over Ladysmith, heading south towards either Pietermaritzburg or Greytown.
The provincial Transport and Human Settlements MEC, Siboniso Duma, confirmed the department is working with the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre on the matter
'ARCC informed us that they will be handing over the matter to the South African Police Service's (SAPS) Accident and Incident Investigation Division and the South African Civil Aviation Authority for the official investigation.
'We express our deepest condolences to the families of the deceased passengers,' Duma said.
Authorities are currently continuing to investigate the cause of the crash.
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