An investigative team dispatched by the directorate of Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation in the Ministry of Works and Transport to Impalila Island will arrive this evening in Katima Mulilo, Zambezi region.

The two-man team left Windhoek by road to go and gather information on the cause of the aircraft accident that killed five people on board on Tuesday.

Director of Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Magnus Abraham upon enquiry told Nampa on Wednesday that the ministry has taken the accident very seriously and a team of experts is already on the road to the island.

“Our team went by road due to the fact that the Katima Mulilo airstrip is closed for renovation. The team will be ferried to the Island on Thursday morning to understand and determine what went wrong in order to start making up a plan to recover the engine and whole aircraft wreckage,” he said.

He said the place is currently safeguarded by the Police.

According to earlier reports, a Cessna 210 aircraft plummeted from the skies around 13h15 on Tuesday, killing all five people on board.

The aircraft was en route to Rundu but crashed moments after taking off.

Indications are that the plane took off from the Impalila island airstrip and crashed on the bank of the Zambezi River.

Abraham said depending on the report from the experts on the ground, if needs be, more experts will be dispatched from Windhoek.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency