Plane crashes on the side of the N14 Highway after the R511 on Friday 25 September.
NOTE: This story has been updated.
JOHANNESBURG - A light plane has carrying a father and son crashed on the N14 highway on Friday afternoon, close to the R511, near Diepsloot.
Lanseria Airport spokesperson Claudette Vianello said, "The passengers of the small plane which crashed landed on the N14 this afternoon were not injured."
"The plane was neither coming from the airport nor was it landing here (Lanseria)," she added.
According to Arrive Alive, the plane belonging to A.T.S Aviation was forced to make an emergency landing due to an engine failure caused by a hydraulic problem.
Traffic was backed up on the eastbound side of the highway.
Small plane crashland N14 close to aviation village pic.twitter.com/lmY8K8nmMG
— FrancoisRiekert (@BufflSoldier01) September 25, 2015
Plane on N14 @BarneySimon @jaca_traffic @jacarandafm pic.twitter.com/joaDmKRV18
— Willie Malherbe (@williemalherbe) September 25, 2015
@PigSpotter plane crash on N14 krugersdorp highway traffic backed up pic.twitter.com/mzx5jzlu1Q
— Sisco Umlambo(River) (@siscoumlambo) September 25, 2015
Lucky escape from serious injury after plane makes emergency landing next to N14 http://t.co/XmRp7jhZtw
— Pieter (@SAItmuststop) September 25, 2015 Lucky escape from serious injury after plane makes emergency landing next to N14 https://t.co/lXVMKshBjY ArriveAlive pic.twitter.com/K91KrmFp7x
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) September 25, 2015
