Two pilots injured as plane crashes after take off

Two pilots were injured after their light aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff at the Rhino Park Airfield in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, on Sunday afternoon.

A small plane crashed at the Rhino Park Airfield in Bronkhorstspruit on Sunday afternoon.
A small plane crashed at the Rhino Park Airfield in Bronkhorstspruit on Sunday afternoon. (Emer-G-Med)

Two pilots were injured after their light aircraft crashed shortly after take off at the Rhino Park Airfield in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, on Sunday afternoon.

Ambulance service Emer-G-Med said there was a fire in the cockpit shortly after take off.

One of the pilots required advanced life-support intervention, Emer-G-Med said.


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