Saturday 31 March 2012

Plane crashes into shack, 2 dead

Johannesburg - Two people died when the light aircraft crashed in Randfontein in Gauteng on Saturday morning, paramedics said.

"Paramedics responded to the scene and found the plane had crashed into a shack," Netcare 911 spokesperson Jeffrey Wicks said.

"The pilot and co-pilot [a man and a woman] were killed on impact."

He said two young children were sleeping in the shack when the plane crashed into it.

"They emerged unharmed and were treated by paramedics for shock."

The cause of the accident would be investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority, Wicks said.

- SAPA/News24

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