Names of Karoo plane crash victims released

Plane crash kills four

The names of the victims of yesterday's plane crash at the Swartberg Mountains near Oudtshoorn have been released.

The pilot was 51-year old Philip Ginsberg from Tshwane. His girlfriend Aletta Bezuidenhout from Mossel Bay, and her 2 teenage daughters also died. They were on their way to Tshwane.

The family's Cherokee aircraft ploughed into the mountain-side in misty conditions yesterday. Civil Aviation experts began their investigation at the crash-site earlier today.

Family members of the deceased identified the bodies this afternoon, at a mortuary in Oudtshoorn.