It’s understood five people were on board the medical aircraft from Namibia.

JOHANNESBURG - A light aircraft has reportedly crashed in the Tygerberg Nature Reserve in Cape Town.

It's understood five people were on board the medical aircraft from Namibia.

At around 6am this morning, officials were alerted to a light aircraft that was scheduled to land at the Cape Town International Airport but went missing from the radar.

Premier Hellen Zille tweeted a short while ago saying she has confirmation of the crash.

Confirmation of small plane crash in the Nature Reserve on Tygerberg Hills. 5 ppl on board a medical plane from NCape. Awaiting details.

Helen Zille (@helenzille) August 16, 2015



The Western Cape Health Department has confirmed that there's been fatalities after a plane crashed in the reserve.

The health departments Mark van der Heever said, "The light aircraft carried five people in total, of which one was a patient. All five bodies have been located and EMS people are still on the scene."

The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) officials say they found the aircraft in flames when they arrived at the scene of the wreckage.

The cause of the crash is not yet known.

Reports say flights have been suspended in and out of the airport.

These people have told Africa Malene that there are disruptions.

"A colleague of mine SMS'ed this morning to say they are stuck on a plane at Sun International Airport. Flights have stopped coming, in the last five minutes there has been two or three flights that have come in."