A pilot and three passengers were killed Friday after a small plane crashed shortly after taking off from an airport northwest of Detroit.
Airport spokesman Dave VanderVeen said the Cessna 172 went down about 1:40 p.m. Friday at Oakland County International Airport in Waterford Township. Three people aboard the private, non-business-related flight were killed instantly, while the fourth died later at a hospital.
A military plane has crashed in South Africa's mountainous east, killing 11 officers, the air force said on Thursday.
"On board the aircraft was a crew of six and five passengers and it was confirmed that there are no survivors," the Air Force said in a statement.
The wreckage of the C-47 Dakota was found in the Drakensberg mountains, after a search and rescue effort was hampered by bad weather.
