Police divers resumed a search on Thursday morning for the bodies of two men who died in a helicopter crash in KwaZulu-Natal, an official said.

Three people died when an SA Air Force helicopter crashed into a dam in the upper Tugela area on Tuesday.

"They resumed their search this morning [Thursday]," said police spokesperson Director Phindile Radebe.

One body was found on Wednesday.

Radebe said the names of those killed would only be released once the next-of-kin had identified the bodies.

She would not confirm whether the names reported in a newspaper on Thursday were correct.