Sibonelo Zwane
Five people have died after a SAPS aircraft crashed at Rand Airport in Germiston on Tuesday.
National SAPS spokeswoman Athlenda Mathe confirmed the incident.
“Five passengers and a pilot were on board. 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,” said Mathe.
EMS spokesman for disaster management in Ekurhuleni, William Ntladi, said emergency services received a call around 14:30 about the incident.
“By the time we had responded we found private EMS services already on scene attending to the matter. We tried to resuscitate the people with injuries with no luck,” said Ntladi.
He said five people were certified dead at the scene.
“Authorities were on scene on Tuesday afternoon to establish the cause of the accident,”” Ntladi said.
“The details of the deceased and injured pilot will be released once their next of kin have been informed.”
