The Armed Forces of Defense of Mozambique have set up a team to investigate the possible causes of the crash of an Air Force aircraft, in the airport district, on the outskirts of the air base (Vulcano).

A press release reveals that it was "an instructional aircraft of the Festival type, belonging to the Practical Flying School."

The aviation accident occurred on Tuesday morning, around 0900, and the two occupants, namely an officer and a sergeant, lost their lives immediately.

Witnesses heard by Mozambique Television said that the aircraft, still in mid-flight began by dumping fuel, the pilot lost control and the aircraft lost balance, and that the fire started in the air "when a lot of smoke was already visible."

A house in the 16th block of the Vulcan neighborhood was destroyed in the crash, but was unoccupied at the time of the accident.