A light aircraft crash at Margate Airport has left a female dead while the pilot if fighting for his life. Reports from the scene indicate that the two were flying in a Rally aircraft around Margate Airport at around 11h00 when it struck the ground.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for civil aviation investigators to determine.
Netcare 911 paramedics and the emergency services arrived at the scene and found a female that had tragically died in the accident; the pilot was in a critical condition and medics worked fervently to stabilize him on scene.
The patient was initially transported to the Netcare Margate hospital for further stabilization, later medics transported the critically wounded man to the Netcare St Augustine’s hospital for the specialized care that he required.
