Three killed in S.Africa light plane crash

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) -- Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in the southwestern Johannesburg suburb of Lenasia on Thursday, South African police said.

"There were three adults in the craft. We don't know if they were male or female," a police spokesman said from the scene.

"The bodies were very badly burnt. We think two of the bodies are those of men," he said.

The aircraft was a Cessna 185, he said, adding the cause of the accident was unknown. The plane, which was an ex-military aircraft bought at an auction, crashed in an open field near a heavily populated area.

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