Horrifying moment plane corkscrews and nosedives into the sea at high speed during airshow as pilot feared dead

THIS is the terrifying moment a plane corkscrews into the sea leaving the pilot feared dead.

Footage filmed by a witness from a nearby beach in Durban, South Africa , shows the moment the ZS-AEC Extra 300 aircraft plummets out of the sky on August 14.

It shows the plane climbing and then banking before plunging into the waves just metres from the shore.

Veteran pilot Andrew Blackwood-Murray, 61, was reportedly taking part in an airshow when the crash occurred.

Rescue teams were immediately alerted by beachgoers who saw the plane fall from the sky .

Parts of the wreckage have since been recovered, but the body of the pilot has not yet been found.

Authorities have confirmed that the search is now a recovery mission rather than a rescue, and it is widely believed that Blackwoo