The SA Airlink pilot whose plane crash-landed in Merebank, south of Durban, on September 24 died at St Augustine’s Hospital in Durban on Wednesday, emergency services said.
Captain Alistair Freeman ”had sustained severe internal injuries” during the accident and died at 1am, said Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha.
Flight attendant Rodell Oosthuizen and Durban Solid Waste street cleaner Abraham Mthethwa, who were both injured in the accident, remained in a stable condition.
Freeman and Oosthuizen were injured when their aircraft floundered and tried to land on a school sports field in Merebank, 3km from Durban International Airport, shortly after take-off.
Mthethwa was struck as the plane crashed though a school wall. — Sapa