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PE man seriously injured in ligh aircraft crash


Investigators from the civil aviation authority will travel to the Eastern Cape on Thursday.

That's to begin the probe into Wednesday night's light aircraft crash in which 55-year-old Frans Griessel of Sherwood, Port Elizabeth, was seriously injured.

Police spokesperson, warrant officer, Gerda Swart, says the accident happened on a farm in the Elandsrivier area when Griessel's Acquilla light aircraft hit power lines and crashed onto a gravel road.

Earlier this month two Port Elizabeth brothers, Lumon and Barney van Eeden, were killed when their light plane crashed on a guest farm, Syfergat, also in the Uitenhage area.