The bodies of the 14 people - including two South African pilots - who were killed in a plane crash in Kenya over the weekend have been discovered, the South African department of foreign affairs said on Tuesday.
The chartered aircraft carrying the two pilots and 12 American tourists to a game reserve in Kenya crashed into Mount Kenya on Saturday, killing everybody on board.
Department of foreign affairs spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said: "According to our High Commissioner in Nairobi, Commissioner Kingsley Makhubela, the bodies of the 14 people have been discovered."
Mamoepa said the South African government expressed its condolences to members of the bereaved families, their friends and colleagues.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with them during this time of bereavement."
Mamoepa said the two pilots were from Johannesburg.
A family friend who did not wish to be named said the families did not want their names to be revealed until the pilots' remains were back in South Africa.
The accident happened just as a cloudy sky was beginning to clear before sunset.
Rangers from the Mount Kenya National Park heard the crash. They found no survivors when they visited the site, but managed to retrieve the passports of some of the passengers.
