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Two Qantas pilots critically injured in a fatal vintage plane crash in South Africa last week in a hospital in Johannesburg
Training captain Douglas Haywood and recently retired captain Ross Kelly, both from NSW, were among 19 people aboard the 64-year-old aircraft that crashed shortly after take-off in Pretoria on Tuesday.
Local tourism operator Rovos Rail, which owned the ill-fated Convair 340, said both men were in stable conditions
"The prognosis is optimistic," he said in a Facebook post on Monday.
Mr Kelly's wife Lyndal was also aboard the stricken flight and was in a stable condition last week.
The pilots' flight engineer Chris Barnard and a person on the ground were killed when the plane experienced engine failure and crashed into a factory.
The Australian pilots, who had two decades of experience at Qantas, had taken the p …
In 2016, they made a similar journey to a flying boat. Convair 340 from Pretoria to NSW's Historical Aviation Restoration Society.
The pilots are both avid members of HARS and various vintage aircraft organizations.
-AAP
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