Crash: Govt tracing families
2003-07-21 10:54
Johannesburg - The names of the two South African pilots who were killed in a plane crash in Kenya at the weekend have not yet been released, the department of foreign affairs said on Monday.
Spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said the department was still trying to get hold of the pilots' families. He said the names would possibly be made known later in the day.
The chartered aircraft carrying the two pilots and 12 American tourists to a game reserve in Kenya, crashed into Mount Kenya on Saturday, killing everybody on board.
The accident happened when a cloudy sky was beginning to clear just before sunset.
Rangers from the Mount Kenya National Park heard the crash. They found no survivors when they visited the site, but managed to retrieve the passports of some of the passengers.
Associated Press named the American tourists on Monday.
They were Dr George W Brumley, 68; his wife, Jean, 67; three of their children, George III, daughters Lois and Beth; George's wife Julia and two children, George IV and Jordan; Lois' husband Richard Morrell and their son, Alex, 11, and Beth's husband William Love and their daughter, Sarah, 12.
The bodies would be recovered on Monday after attempts failed on Sunday due to bad weather.
- SAPA