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S. African begins to handle aftermath of plane crash in Hunan
An official from the South African Embassy to China on Sunday started to handle with the personal effects the pilot, who died in Friday's plane crash in the southern Dongting Lake of the central China's Hunan Province. Dumisani Rasheleng, first secretary of the embassy, arrived on Saturday night in Miluo of the province, where the crash occurred, to consult with the local government for the aftermath. He expressed thanks, on behalf of the South African government, to the local government for their all-out efforts in search for the plane wreck after the crash occurred. According to his opinion, the body of the pilot, Alan Honeyborne, will be kept in local hospital for another two days until his parents came to pay their last respects to his son and then it will be cremated nearby. Considering difficulty in locating the small target of wreck, the South African official suggested to stop salvaging efforts and swore to offer an all-out cooperation to the local government in handling the aftermath. The plane, an Aquilla, took off at about 1035 a.m. from Guilin, a scenic city in south Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and headed for Changsha, capital of Hunan. The bad weather in Changsha forced the plane to divert its course for Wuhan, capital of neighboring Hubei Province, but it crashed while en route to Wuhan. It disappeared at 28.54 degrees north latitude and 112.55 degrees east longitude, according to the air control center at the Huanghua Airport in Changsha. The body of the pilot was discovered at 6:30 p.m. Friday by patrol crafts in the lake areas close to the city of Miluo in Hunan. |
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