Lilongwe – A Zimbabwean pilot and a Dutch man were killed when a small plane crashed into Lake Malawi but another passenger survived and was rescued by fishermen, Malawian officials said on Wednesday.
The Cessna plane went down about 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of the capital Lilongwe on Tuesday and “ditched into Lake Malawi but close to the shores,” the government said in a statement.
The deceased were identified as Fungayi Jonathan, a 50-year-old pilot from Zimbabwe, and Frisco Westheim, 29, from The Netherlands, it said.
Casualties of the Nkhotakota plane crash have been identified as Zimbabwean pilot Fungay Jonathan, 50, & a Dutch national, Frisco Westheim, 29.
The C210 aircraft number 7Q-PFU, with 3 passengers on board, crashed into Lake Malawi, around Nkhotakota, yesterday.#CFMNews#Malawi pic.twitter.com/qywOb4tF2W
— Capital FM Malawi (@CapitalFMMw) August 21, 2024
A Dutch woman, Charlotte Lemstra, escaped through a window and was rescued by fishermen on the lake, tourism minister Vera Kamtukule told AFP.
The 22-year-old had minor injuries to her face and had already been discharged from hospital, the minister said after meeting Lemstra.
The three were flying from Nkhotakota, in the country’s northeast, to southeastern Makhanga when the plane crashed at around 3pm.
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