(MENAFN) An official said that, at least two people have died on Monday morning when their small plane collided in the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania.
Paschal Shelutete, the Tanzania National Parks Senior Assistant Conservation Commissioner for Communication said via phone from Arusha that, "It is true a pilot and a passenger have been killed in a plane accident. The plane crashed shortly after it took off from the Seronera airstrip in national park,"
The accident happened at 7:30 am as the plane was flying from the Seronera airstrip to the Grumeti Game Reserve placed on the Serengeti Plains, as said by Shelutete.
The plane belonged to Auric Air Services Ltd, a small privately owned airline based in Tanzania, as said by the official.
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