Police have released the names of the two pilots who were killed when their Sling 2 Aircraft crashed on a farm in Kinkelbos.
Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says 33-year-old Sudanese national Oyit Ajack and 25-year-old Malawian National Bhadresh Kadiwar, left the Dawid Stuurman Airport on Saturday evening to fly to East London.
Oyit Ajack (Left) and Bhadresh Kadiwar (right)
She says the pilots decided to turn the aircraft around at Kenton on Sea to head back to Gqeberha.
She says communication with the aircraft was lost at 20.07 and by 10 pm a search team was mobilised.
Both pilots were declared dead on the scene.
The crash will be investigated by civil aviation authorities.
