Witbank heli crash kills four
July 23, 2010
Four people were killed when their helicopter crashed outside Witbank, Mpumalanga paramedics say.
The accident occurred around 9am in a field near Verena Road in Clarinet, where the chopper was found burnt beyond recognition, ER24 spokesman Werner Vermaak said.
"Paramedics on the scene explained that they could see four people, but all of them were engulfed in the flames. The local fire department and rescue services extinguished the flames."
All the occupants were already dead and there was nothing paramedics could do. It was not clear who the chopper belonged to and what caused the crash.
Police helicopter crash kills seven....
July 23, 2010
"It was a police helicopter with members of the National Intervention Unit," Minister Nathi Mthethwa's spokesman Zweli Mnisi said.
According to ER24 paramedics, the accident occurred around 9am in a field near Verena Road in Clarinet, where the chopper was found burnt beyond recognition, spokesman Werner Vermaak said.
Mnisi said Mthethwa, accompanied by national police commissioner General Bheki Cele, arrived at the crash site just before 11am.
"The minister and general have just arrived on the scene, they are there to determine what caused the crash."
Fighter pilot trainee dies after flight....
2011-03-09
Johannesburg - A trainee pilot collapsed and died after a flight in a Hawk Lead-in Fighter at the Makhado airbase in Limpopo on Tuesday afternoon, the defence department said.
The man had successfully completed a training flight moments before he collapsed, spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Maseko said.
Medics tried to help him, but he died on the scene.
The Air Force has convened a board of inquiry to determine the cause of death. Neither his name nor his age could be released as the SAAF is still informing his relatives.
He was stationed at 85 Combat Flying School.
The minister of defence, acting chief of the SA National Defence Force Lieutenant General Themba Matanzima, and SA Air Force chief Lieutenant General Carlo Gagiano, conveyed their condolences to the pilot's family and friends.
The man had successfully completed a training flight moments before he collapsed, spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Maseko said.
Medics tried to help him, but he died on the scene.
The Air Force has convened a board of inquiry to determine the cause of death. Neither his name nor his age could be released as the SAAF is still informing his relatives.
He was stationed at 85 Combat Flying School.
The minister of defence, acting chief of the SA National Defence Force Lieutenant General Themba Matanzima, and SA Air Force chief Lieutenant General Carlo Gagiano, conveyed their condolences to the pilot's family and friends.
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