Pilot dies in KZN plane crash

15 March 2020 - 19:13
By TimesLIVE
Police and private rescue services on Sunday were called out to a plane crash in the Umkomazi River valley.
Image: Supplied / IPSS Medical Rescue Police and private rescue services on Sunday were called out to a plane crash in the Umkomazi River valley.

A light aircraft crash in KwaZulu-Natal claimed the life of one person on Sunday.

According to Paul Herbst of IPSS Medical Rescue, a group of kayakers spotted the aircraft crashing in the Umkomazi River valley.

When rescue services β€” including police search and rescue, and the Mountain Club of SA β€” went to the scene, there was nothing they could do.

β€œThe wreckage was located by the [search and rescue] units and unfortunately this was not a survivable accident,” said Herbst.

It was only the pilot on board, he added.