Search and rescue teams on Wednesday continued searching for the bodies of three South African Air Force members killed when their Agusta A109 helicopter crashed into a dam in the upper Tugela area on Tuesday.

"Police divers and SA National Defence Force divers are busy searching for the wreckage and bodies," said KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Director Phindile Radebe.

The accident happened during a training flight to Dragons Peak Park in KwaZulu-Natal.

Police Captain Charmaine Struwig said the helicopter was on its way to Dragon's Peak at 11am when it plunged into Woodstock Dam and sank.