Professional hunter and Buffalo Range Safari director Barry Style has been named as the pilot of a Cessna 182 aircraft that crashed Friday morning.

There were no survivors.

Initial reports by The Mirror newspaper suggested three people had been killed but the number of reported deaths has since risen to five as it emerged four Finnish citizens were on board in addition to the Zimbabwean pilot.

Style was flying the tourists from Buffalo Range to Victoria Falls.

Distressing images of the crash site circulated on social media platforms late morning as news of the crash quickly spread.

The names of the Finnish victims are being withheld until the next of kin are notified by the Finnish Embassy which is aware of the situation.

Styles also served as director at the Chiredzi River African Wildlife Trust and is said to have left behind a young family.

Zimbabwe has suffered a dark November characterised by vehicle collisions, fires and train derailments.

At least 47 people were killed near Rusape after two buses collided while another 32 were burnt alive after a bus carrying mostly cross border traders was engulfed in flames after a suspected gas cannister leak.- Mirror