SOUTHERN CAPE NEWS - A pilot who did a precautionary landing in his aircraft at the Mossel Bay airstrip on Thursday, 1 February, was one of those who died when the same aircraft crashed on Saturday approximately 10km to the north of Oudtshoorn.
There were two people in the fixed-wing aircraft. No one survived the crash.
It appears the pilot, identified as Doug Delange of Loodsfontein Boerdery close to Graaff-Reinet, was apparently on his way to Graaff-Reinet when the fixed-wing aircraft crashed just to the north of the military zone outside Oudtshoorn.
At this stage the name of the other occupant of the aircraft is unknown.
Apparently, the pilots of the AMS emergency helicopter found the wreckage of the missing light aircraft at about 07:00 on Sunday morning after Delange's wife reported the aircraft missing on Saturday afternoon when it failed to arrive at the estimated time of arrival.
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