This afternoon EMER-G-MED paramedics responded to reports of an aeroplane crash on Rakale Street, in Wattville, Benoni.
It is alleged that the plane took off from an airfield in Brakpan, when it experienced a mechanical failure and attempted to perform an emergency landing.
On arrival paramedics found that the plane had crashed in a field between a school and some residential houses and had caught alight.
Once the fire was put out paramedics found that there had been three occupants in the aircraft – one female and two males.
Unfortunately they had all sustained fatal injuries and were declared dead on the scene.
Authorities were on scene to investigate the events surrounding the crash.