Two people have been killed after a light aircraft crashed near Midrand, Johannesburg in a residential area.
Paramedics were on the scene where they said the victims are the pilot and a gardener.
ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said the pilot who died was a woman.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says it is investigating the cause of the crash.
CAA spokesperson Kabelo Ledwaba said the CAA received notice of the accident at 11:40 this morning.
He said the plane took off from Grand Central airport - a privately owned airport that is open to the public.
It is not yet clear where the plane was going.
Investigators are currently on the scene, Ledwaba said.
A pilot and a civilian have died after a light aircraft crashed into the backyard of a residential property in #Midrand. It is believed that the civilian was working in the garden when the plane came down. Authorities are on scene. #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/VfLd9Ynhbv
— Jamaine Krige (@jour_maine) October 8, 2018
BREAKING | Gardener, pilot killed after plane crashes into Midrand garden https://t.co/ogE2euRWUV pic.twitter.com/ZOuMPh9Hao
— AirLines Flash (@AirLines_Flash) October 8, 2018
«Midrand» @EMER_G_MED attending to a plane crash in Midrand. Formal update to follow. @_ArriveAlive @IamAlexSweet @ewnupdates pic.twitter.com/NgkkZFUCtv
— EMER-G-MED (@EMER_G_MED) October 8, 2018
