Trainee pilot dies in crash
2005-04-10 15:41
Johannesburg - Trainee air force pilot Oupa Jeanclaude Ramaiti, 24, died when his aircraft crashed near Lichtenburg in North West on Saturday afternoon, the SA National Defence Force said on Sunday.
SANDF spokesperson captain Ronald Maseko said Ramaiti was flying solo in a Pilatus Astra when he crashed at about 12:30.
A board of inquiry had been appointed to determine the cause of the accident.
Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and the chief of the SANDF, General Siphiwe Nyanda, and the SA Air Force extended their condolences to Ramaiti's family and friends.
- SAPA