One person was killed in a plane crash in South Africa
It is reported that the cause of the accident could be the failure of one engine.
TASS, July 10. At least one person was killed Tuesday in a plane crash near the airport Wonderboom South African capital of Pretoria. This record contains the page of the local emergency medical service on Twitter.
[UPDATE] One fatality reported at the #crash in Wonderboom Pretoria. pic.twitter.com/04Ue9fihxb
— ER24 EMS (Pty) Ltd. (@ER24EMS) July 10, 2018
“One person was reported killed in a plane crash in Vanderbol,” — said in information.
As noted by the South African radio Eyewitness News with reference to the representative of the airport, the crashed cargo plane made a Charter flight and in the crash crashed into a factory building.
[WONDERBOOM] – Aircraft crash leaves approximately 20 injured. https://t.co/L0Bo2UckhD @ewnupdates @eNCA @ @ JacaNews @jour_maine @SABCNewsOnline @_ArriveAlive @FatalMoves @KayaTraffic @ReutersAfrica pic.twitter.com/HVfv7X3Ale
— ER24 EMS (Pty) Ltd. (@ER24EMS) July 10, 2018
The probable cause of the accident could be the failure of one engine. The incident happened when the plane was trying to return to the airport.
According to news portal, News24, the aircraft belonged to the Dutch company Charter cargo operations MAC Martin’s Air Charter, a member of the holding company Air France-KLM. At the crash site of the work of the emergency services, paramedics, lifeguards. Injured about 20 people aboard, one of them — the pilot, are in critical condition.
The Russian Embassy in South Africa told TASS that Russians were on Board.