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 [...]
[Milnerton 30 August 2011 17:45] A 16 year old kite surfer has sustained multiple injuries after allegedly being swept from the sea, across the beach and into the beach parking lot. The young kite surfer was unable to control his kiteboard in the strong winds on the overcast evening. Shortly before it began to rain, [...]
The search for two light aircraft that went missing in George’s Valley in Limpopo will continue on Monday, Search and Rescue SA said. “We are now briefing pilots as to the search pattern and they will begin searching as soon as possible,” said spokesperson Johnny Smit. He said overnight foot patrols had searched for the [...]
The Johannesburg Skydiving Club on Monday said a full investigation will be conducted into the death of Jarrod Folscher following a fatal accident in Cartlonville. The club’s spokesperson Beverly Cosslett said the 27-year-old skydiver plunged to his death on Sunday after trying to execute a high-speed swoop landing. “Unfortunately with any kind of extreme sport, [...]
An “experienced” Johannesburg skydiver fell to his death at the Carletonville Skydiving Club on Sunday morning, the Parachute Association of SA said. Jarrod Folscher, 27, died at the scene after failed attempts to resuscitate him, the association’s national safety and training officer Mark Bellingan said. He had completed over 350 jumps. “Folscher, an experienced skydiver [...]
With everyone on high alert with the strange weather system hitting our country today the incident where a man died in his shower this morning is bizzarre indeed. ER24 paramedics rushed out to a cottage on the property of a private residence in Parkwood this morning with an urgent call that someone inside the cottage [...]
A microlight has allegedly crashed into a field next to Ermelo Road in Springs. A 40 year old man and his partner were flying in the microlight when they heard a strange sound in the engine. The engine then cut and the pilot then looked for a field to make an emergency landing in. The [...]
In the light of recent sensationalistic reporting of a ballooning accident in Hazyview, readers of this forum might have been brought under a false impression of safety matters surrounding hot air balloon flights. The report that “passengers were flung out the basket” and that they were “found lying in the field” was pure fabrication. Here, [...]
Three people were seriously injured in a hot air ballooning accident in Hazeyview in Mpumalanga this morning. The cause of the incident and series of events leading up to it remain unclear. All indications are that the balloon had come in for a landing in a field at a greater speed than which was optimal. [...]
On Tuesday 31 May 2011 we received a request for an urgent medical transfer from Bloemfontein Medi-Clinic to Morningside Medi-Clinic in Johannesburg. The emergency dispatcher immediately knew after receiving the information that the patient could not be transported by road. The incident was then handed over to the ER24 Emergency Flight Desk and a quick [...]
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