Pilot's body recovered following aircraft crash in Umkomaas
Updated | By Nothando Mkhize
The body of a pilot whose aircraft crashed in the Umkomaas valley yesterday has been recovered.
![Umkomaas valley aircraft](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/ETNbnJmWoAAylCZ.width-800.jpg)
The 55-year-old was alone in the four-seater plane when it went down into a cliff during a canoe marathon.
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KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesperson, Thembeka Mbele says the man's body was recovered through difficult conditions.
"Members had gained access to the cliff ledge through dense and inaccessible bushes to the crash site. The dismembered body of a pilot was located between the debris."
"A case of culpable homicide was opened at Richmond for further investigation."
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