MBOMBELA – It has now been confirmed that legendary firefighting pilot, Mr Richard Aschenborn, died in an aircraft accident on Monday. Aschenborn (66) was killed while flying in an aerial firefighting operation over Piet Retief in the Mkhondo Local Municipality, Mpumalanga.
He was an experienced pilot, with over 20 000 hours of flying experience, who had been contracted by Kishugu as a firefighting pilot, flying fixed-wing water-bomber aircraft since 2011. He was also Kishugu’s bomber-training captain. He was also well known in the Lowveld, having attended Rob Ferreira High School.
At this stage the cause of the accident is still unknown. Keep an eye on Lowvelder for the full story.
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