- A light aircraft with a single occupant inside crashed in Limpopo after departing from Mpumalanga
- The private pilot onboard was killed in the crash after being reported missing two days earlier on 16 October
- A search and rescue operation was launched, uncovering the gyrocopter wreckage at Witvlag Songozwi
- Transport and Community Safety spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene told Briefly News an inquest was opened
LOUIS TRICHARDT — The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is investigating a light aircraft accident after a gyrocopter that went missing from Mpumalanga was recovered in Louis Trichardt, Limpopo.
The pilot, who departed from Mbombela two days earlier, was found burnt beyond recognition in the wreckage after an exhaustive search.
Light aircraft crash probe underway
Since then, SACAA‘s accident and incident investigation division (AIID) investigators, dispatched to gather more information at …