Kloof man killed in aircraft crash
Kloof resident, Kim Gibbings was killed in the light aircraft crash in Cato Ridge today.
ONE of the men on board the light aircraft that crashed above Camperdown today killing the three people on board has been identified as Westville Boys’ High old boy, Kim Gibbings of Kloof.
According to his brother, Kevin Gibbings’ Facebook postings his brother “picked up a plane in Wonderboom including two passengers. The wing came off above Camperdown and crashed into cane fields. Three bodies were removed from the wreckage.” The plane was heading for Virginia Airport.
Friends of Kim Gibbings said he had always dreamed of being a pilot and had recently got his pilot’s license and bought a plane.
In another post, Kevin writes: “I wish I could’ve said goodbye. Hamba kahle my brother, there were some good times.” Kim Gibbings leaves his wife Louise Jolivet Gibbings and two daughters from his first marriage, Jenna Gibbings and Shannon Skye Gibbings who live in Canada.
In tribute to her father, Shannon Gibbings posted a photo of her father and wrote: “Today God has gained an angel. I know you left doing what you loved. Just know I will always love and cherish you in my heart.”
“Rest in peace dad. We love you.” wrote her sister Jenna.
