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SA plane carrying injured arrives from Nigeria

Pretoria - A plane carrying 26 South Africans injured in a building collapse in Nigeria arrived at the Swartkop Air Force Base in Pretoria on Monday morning.

The C130 SA Air Force plane touched down at 10:42.

Three children were among the injured, including an 18-month-old baby and a 2-year-old toddler who lost both their parents in the collapse that killed 84 South Africans.



The plane carrying the injured from the Nigeria church guesthouse collapse arrives in South Africa. (Jacaranda News, Twitter)

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