Nine people, including four children, died when their light aircraft crashed in mountains in north-east South Africa, police said Monday according to dpa. The plane was travelling from Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, near the renowned Kruger National Park, towards the central city of Bloemfontein, when it disappeared Sunday in bad weather. Rescue workers on Monday found the bodies of the pilot and two families, each with two children, in a mountainous area of Mpumalanga province, which borders Mozambique. The police said there were no survivors and that the victims came from Bloemfontein, Free State province. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear but poor visibility caused by mist was thought to be to blame.
