An Aircraft with six occupants crashed into a house in Durban North, about 600 km southof Johannesburg, on Sunday morning.

Police spokeswoman Captain Gugu Sabela said that all occupants including a pilot were taken to the nearby Umhlanga Rocks hospital.

The pilot was in a serious condition after he and a passenger were trapped in the light aircraft which nosedived into the roof of a house.

The home's lounge and dining room were damaged.

Sabela said that the passengers included an Austrian family whowere on holiday on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast when they decidedto take an aerial tour of the Durban area.

He said that the plane was due to land at the nearby Virginia airport when it crashed into the roof in Danville Road.

There was no one in the house because the owner decided to takehis wife for breakfast. To minimize the risk of fire, foam was sprayed over the house.

Sabela said civil aviation officials from Pretoria were on their way to the crash site to investigate the incident.

Source: Xinhua