Sunday 16 August 2015

Medical plane crashes in CT, five people dead

The Cessna 441 Conquest V5-NRS    (C)Adrian Munro/Facebook
According to News24, a medical plane has crashed in the Plattekloof area in Cape Town. The plane, conveying five people including a patient was coming from Namibia and was reportedly said to have gone off the radar at 6.50 on Sunday morning.
According to spokesperson Mark van der Heever, "The call was made to our emergency control room at 07:50. We then dispatched our helicopter to go and search for it. At 08:03 the helicopter arrived in the Plattekloof area and found the wreckage still burning”
All five people were declared dead on the scene.

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