David, 67 – an experienced pilot and skydiver – had 99 per cent burns and his clothes were completely burned off. The family had hired the plane to scatter the ashes of the sisters’ late mum Patricia-Anne at a beauty spot. She reduced height but ended up in a valley – and handed the controls to David, the more experienced pilot. David, Michelle and Sharlene, from Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, had flown to South Africa to meet up with their sister Tania, who lives there. The report ruled the crash was due to a “Controlled Flight Into Terrain” by a pilot unaware of the “impending disaster”.

Source: Daily Mirror July 11, 2020 20:16 UTC