Investigations are continuing into a light plane crash in South Australia which claimed the lives of all three on board.
The single-engined SOCATA TB-10 Tobago aircraft came down in a paddock on Wednesday morning, about three kilometres south of the Mt Gambier airport.
The 78-year-old pilot from Mt Barker in Adelaide and both passengers, a 43-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl from Mt Gambier, were killed on impact, with the front of the plane extensively damaged.
Reports said the plane was on an Angel Flight, which are used to help country people access specialist medical treatment.
Four Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigators have been sent to the scene and are expected to begin their inquiries on Thursday.
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"While on site the team will be examining the site and wreckage, gathering any recorded data and interviewing any witnesses," the ATSB said in a statement.
The crash occurred as fog blanketed the Mt Gambier area, with the plane's flight schedule indicating it was travelling from the regional centre to Adelaide.
It's the second serious plane crash in South Australia in the past two months with a Cessna Conquest operated by charter company Rossair crashing near Renmark in May, also killing all three on board.
