Three dead in Renmark plane crash

THREE people have been killed when their light aircraft crashed near the Renmark Aerodrome in the Riverland.

A SA Police search party found the plane wreckage a few kilometres from the Renmark Aerodrome at 7.10pm on Tuesday.

All three people on board the plane were killed in the crash, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority confirmed.

The plane took off from Renmark Aerodrome on Tuesday afternoon, and the alarm was raised when the plane activated its emergency beacon just after 4.30pm.

Two SA Police helicopters and a Royal Flying Doctor Service plane were dispatched to the area.

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