{"id":376046,"date":"2025-06-01T16:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T14:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=376046"},"modified":"2025-06-01T16:49:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T14:49:45","slug":"man-dies-after-plane-crashes-in-kalkrand-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=376046","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after plane crashes in Kalkrand area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 52-YEAR-OLD man, identified as Johannes Jakobus Spangenberg, died in a plane crash near Kalkrand in the Hardap Region, while his 22-year-old son escaped with slight injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the weekend crime report, the accident happened on Saturday, 31 May 2025, at about 08:45 at Farm Grass in the Kalkrand area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is alleged that Johannes Jakobus Spangenberg (52), the deceased, and his 22-year-old son were flying in a Windlass Aquila Microlight plane around their camps, looking for jackals and leopards that had been killing livestock on the farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is further alleged that while in the air, they saw a jackal and shot at it but missed. They then decided to fly lower but went too low, and when the pilot attempted to ascend again, the plane failed to do so and crashed into rocky terrain, killing the pilot instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The passenger sustained a slight injury to his left shoulder but is in stable condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next of kin have been informed. Police investigations continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter A 52-YEAR-OLD man, identified as Johannes Jakobus Spangenberg, died in a plane crash near Kalkrand in the Hardap Region, while his 22-year-old son escaped with slight injuries. According to the weekend crime report, the accident happened on Saturday, 31 May 2025, at about 08:45 at Farm Grass in the Kalkrand area. 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