East London - Five people were injured when the light aircraft they were travelling in crash landed at the East London airport earlier on Wednesday morning.
Two adults are in critical condition and three children suffered less serious injuries.
The five injured occupants were transported to hospital shortly after the crash, an Eastern Cape health department official said.
“There was a small plane that crash landed at around 10h45,” Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) spokesman Colin Naidoo said.
“Our team worked with the emergency team to extract people from the plane and make sure they are taken care of, and they will then try to remove the plane from the runway.”
The main runway has been closed temporarily.
“The secondary runway is open for operation,” said Naidoo.
The Civil Aviation Authority and police would investigate the cause of the crash.
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