ONE person has allegedly been killed in microlight crash in Livingstone today.
The Zambia Police is yet to give details of the accident.
“We can confirm that there was a microlight aircraft crash at about 5 kilometers from the Victoria Falls. We are still establishing the facts and the identity of the persons and enquiries are ongoing.” a source said.
(Picture by Millennium Radio)
Source: One dead after microlight crashes at Victoria Falls, Livingstone (10/01/2020)
Further Information
The subsequent crash investigation report detailed:
"On Friday January 10, 2020, a Tanarg Neo Microlight operated by Batoka Sky Limited departed from Maramba aerodrome with the intention of conducting a performance check flight below the special rules area (SRA). At about 05:42 Hours UTC the Pilot tried to make an emergency landing on the road leading to Baobab Ridge helipad with the Microlight in a simulated engine failure mode. However, during the process of emergency landing, the Microlight right hand main landing gear hooked up in the 11kV ZESCO powerline causing the microlight to lose control and crash about 15 meters from the power lines. One Crew member on board died on impact while the other survived...
At the time the Microlight was in the process of simulated engine failure attempting to land, the Pilot was unable to see the power lines due to sun glare as he was flying into the rising sun." (Civil Aviation Authority Aircraft Accident investigation Board Report, 9J-YVT)
Download the Report here (external link)
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