JUST IN : Pilot fear dead, as plane crashes
Brian Rungano Temba
One pilot is feared dead, after a small plane which was doing displays at Prince Charles airport crashed.
According to a source;
“The 4 plane aerobatics team led by Mark Hensmam from Cape Town were doing a sunset aerobatics display at Charles Prince Airport for the Mashonaland Flying Club this evening. They were virtually at the end of their display when this tragic accident happened killing the pilot,” read the tweet.
Authorities were not forthcoming with details ariound the incident.
Charles Prince Airport, formerly named Mount Hampden and renamed after former airport manager Charles Prince, is approximately 16 kilometres northwest of Harare, Zimbabwe.
During World War II it served as a Rhodesian Air Training Group location, training pilots for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
Identity of the pilot and factors leading to the fatal air cush are yet to be disclosed.
Efforts to get a statement from the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe have proven fruitless.
More details to follow.
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