News24 reports that two persons escaped with only minor injuries after a light aircraft crashed during an emergency landing on a farm south of Thembalethu in George on Saturday morning at about 10:00.

Garden Route District Municipality fire chief Deon Stoffels said the George airport tower informed the municipality’s emergency control centre of the crash. Emergency services and police were dispatched, while the landowner contacted ambulance services directly. “It is confirmed that the light aircraft did indeed crash. Miraculously, the pilot and passenger escaped with minor injuries. They were treated on [the] scene by metro EMS ambulance services and transported to the local hospital in George,” Stoffels reported. No other injuries were reported.

According to the SA Civil Aviation Authority’s Accident and Incident Investigations Division, preliminary information indicated a double engine failure occurred about 15km from the George Airport. The Rockwell 500S had departed from Vereeniging Airport to George with the pilot and a passenger on board.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tammy Petersen and view a photo at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)
• Lees ook, Twee beseer ná ligte vliegtuig naby George neerstort, by Maroela Media

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