Wellington – A hot air balloon burst into flames and crashed to the ground in New Zealand on Saturday, killing all 11 people on board, after apparently hitting a power line. The balloon came down in calm weather near Carterton, a small town north of the capital Wellington and a popular area for ballooning, in [...]
Two people have died and three are missing after a heavy storm in the northern part of KwaZulu-Natal over New Year’s Eve, the department of co-operative governance and traditional affairs said on Sunday. “One person was struck by lightning and another died as a result of flooding,” said departmental spokesperson Lennox Mabaso. He said a [...]
(PARYS – 18 December 2011) Two people miraculously escaped from serious injuries when the light aircraft they were traveling in crash landed in an open field between Parys and Kroonstad this morning. Paramedics from ER24 that arrived on the scene found the wreckage in the field with a man believed to be in his 40′s [...]
[Centurion 14 December 2011 18:50] Two men have been killed and another 3 have sustained slight injuries after a small plane allegedly crash landed on the R55 outside of the raceway in Centurion. The plane is believed to have been from the training school nearby and the reason for the alleged need to perform and [...]
BLOEMFONTEIN 19 November 2011, 15:45 A 23 year old female sustained some injuries this afternoon during a skydiving incident in Bloemfontein. ER24 paramedics received a call out to an airfield in Bansvlei. The female skydiver was allegedly overcome by a gust of wind upon landing on the ground and lost control of her parachute. The [...]
This morning several news and weather broadcasts warned people of a heat wave over the northern regions of South Africa. It is said that some areas may even reach as high as 40 degrees Celsius. Important facts to consider are how to prevent heat exhaustion and how to deal with heat related emergencies. It is [...]
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Tags: ER24, excessive heat or exhaustion, Fire, heat related emergencies 
No Comments »The plane crash near Plettenberg Bay in February was not caused by a fire or engine failure, according to a preliminary SA Civil Aviation Authority report on Monday. “The investigation team conducted an analysis of the engine and it was concluded that there were no indications of any pre-impact mechanical anomalies or dysfunction to any [...]
Posted in Air Tags: Italtile, Plettenberg Bay plane crash, SA Civil Aviation Authority No Comments »[NELSPRUIT – 06 OCTOBER 2011 AT 14H00] A man believed to be in his early 40s was paragliding off the cliff faces between Waterval Boven and Goedewil in Nelspruit is in a serious condition after he somehow got into difficulty and crashed into ground this afternoon. Emergency personnel arrived on the scene and found the [...]
SOUTH-AFRICA 2 October 2011, 16:00 & 19:00 Two Tornado’s have hit South-Africa this Sunday and has left hundreds of individuals homeless. The ER24 dispatch centre in Johannesburg received a call out yesterday afternoon shortly after 16:00 of a tornado that hit Ficksburg in the Freestate. Multiple ambulances were deployed into the area. Widespread devastation could [...]
Fourteen parachutists were injured during a mass jump at an airshow at the Waterkloof Air Force Base on Saturday, the SA National Defence Force said. “It was a freak accident and we don’t know what caused it,” spokesperson Colonel Petrus Motlhabane said in a statement. He said four of the parachutists were seriously injured and [...]
