Rescue services were on Monday still searching for the missing Cessna 210 light aircraft, six days after it disappeared in the Baviaanskloof area of the Eastern Cape, authorities said.
”There is still no success but we are following up new leads and will continue searching again today [Monday],” said South African Search and Rescue Organisation head Charles Norval.
However, Norval said the new leads confirm that the search should continue around the mountainous Baviaanskloof area.
The last contact with the Cessna was when it left Wonderboom airport at 9am on December 26.
The pilot has been named as Dirk Booysen from Pretoria West.
According to reports by the South African Broadcasting Corporation, Booysen was the only person in the aircraft. — Sapa