
Cessna light aircraft
JOHANNESBURG - A South African Air Force light aircraft has crash landed near the Langebaan Air Force Base in the Western Cape.
Details are still sketchy, but a statement from the Defence Force indicates that the Cessna Caravan aircraft came to a standstill on a private farm just after midnight.
SAAF Caravan crash lands on farm near Langebaanweg. Two pilots in hospital. SANDF @eNCA
— Louis Oelofse (@Loelof) March 3, 2016
The plane was apparently on a routine night flying exercise.
Both pilots sustained various injuries and are currently in a stable condition in hospital.
SANDF says SAAF Caravan crash landed just after midnight whilst on a "routine night flying exercise". @eNCA
— Louis Oelofse (@Loelof) March 3, 2016