The last two bodies of passengers abroad the ill-fated Italtile aircraft are believed to have been recovered, a Western Cape Forensic Pathology Service spokesperson said on Tuesday.
“The two bodies, which were recovered on Monday morning, have not yet been identified as belonging to the missing persons. The search will continue as before,” said Zolani Zenzile.
The bodies were discovered near the aircraft crash site, he said.
They are believed to be those of Italtile CEO Gianopaolo Ravazzotti and one of the pilots.
The PC-12 aircraft was carrying Italtile employees and business partners when crashed last week.
The plane was travelling from Queenstown to Plettenberg Bay when it crashed while trying to land in heavy fog near the Robberg Nature Reserve.
Zenzile said the search could be called off by Wednesday.
SABC has reported that pieces of wreckage from the plane - including a propeller, pieces of the fuselage, wing and engine -
had been recovered by the SA Navy's hydrographic survey vessel, SAS Protea.
Zenzile said that even if the two bodies recovered on Monday were not those of the plane crash victims, given the nature of the wreckage, there was no chance of finding survivors.
Six bodies remain at the George forensic laboratories. A seventh was released on Sunday for burial. - Sapa