6 die in Germiston air crash
21/10/2008 09:20 - (SA)
Johannesburg - Six people were killed when an aircraft crashed in Germiston shortly after taking off from the Rand Airport east of Johannesburg on Tuesday.
The Saratoga aircraft took off at 08:10 and about 2km into their journey to Ficksburg in the eastern Free State the pilot called in to request an emergency landing, said airport manager Anton Kruger.
However, the aircraft broke up and burst into flames as it came down behind the Germiston Raceway.
Six people were registered on the flight manifest.
Civil Aviation Authorities were on their way to the scene of the crash. - SAPA