/ 23 October 2007

Plane makes emergency landing on KZN beach

A plane bound for Margate made an emergency landing on a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South Coast beach on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Police spokesperson Zandra Hechter said the light aircraft, carrying three people, landed on the beach at Pumula, midway between Hibberdene and Port Shepstone.

None of the three was injured.

Hechter said the plane, which was Margate-based, was returning to Margate from Richards Bay when it ”developed problems with its fuel lines”.

More details were not immediately available. — Sapa