A hot air balloon carrying tourists over Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park crashed this week, killing an American and a Danish tourist and wounding eight others, officials said on Friday. Aviation experts are investigating Wednesday’s crash, but officials said there were indications that strong winds played a role. National parks in Tanzania and Kenya offer hot [...]
A 47-year-old man was fatally injured when his microlight hit overhead cables and crashed outside Brits, near Pretoria, officials said on Monday. The microlight came down in a field, 40km outside of Brits at 09:00, said ER24 spokesperson Vanessa Jackson. Hartbeespoort rescue workers got to the scene to find the pilot with severe head, chest, [...]
The Arrive Alive Website received an email earlier today with the following heading: “Brace yourself before looking at the below image. A pilot at low level has no control over his aircraft. It narrowly misses a crowd gathered for the airshow and slams into four buildings. One can only imagine the horror of the occupants [...]
Two people have tragically died in an aircraft accident near the airport in the Brakpan area on Saturday morning just after 07h00. Details to the cause of the crash will be a subject for civil aviation and police to investigate. When paramedics and the emergency services arrived on scene they found that the light aircraft [...]
Two people have tragically died in an aircraft accident near the airport in the Brakpan area this morning just after 07h00. Details to the cause of the crash will be a subject for civil aviation and police to investigate. When paramedics and the emergency services arrived on scene they found that the light aircraft had [...]
Two women were injured when a plane crashed after take-off at Louis Trichardt airstrip on Tuesday morning, Limpopo police said. The pilot and passenger, both in their 50s, took off but the plane failed to gain altitude before tumbling to the ground, Captain Maano Sadiki said. Witnesses saw the plane coming to a halt a [...]
A woman had a narrow escape from serious injuries after losing control of her vehicle and crashing into a house in Pinetown this morning. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find the motor vehicle had gone through a fence, completely destroying the gate and fence and stopping at the front door of the house. [...]
An Air India Express passenger plane from Dubai crashed outside an airport in southern India on Saturday, killing at least 160 people when it burst into flames after overshooting the runway and ploughing into a forest. There may have been five or six survivors, local media said. One eyewitness said the plane skidded off the [...]
The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating the cause of Wednesday morning’s helicopter crash in Mulbarton, southern Johannesburg. The pilot was killed on impact. The chopper went down during bad weather conditions and crashed into an open field. The pilot believed to be student at a nearby training centre was flying alone when the accident happened. [...]
Six people were killed in a road accident just outside Mafikeng in the North West last night. The accident occurred on the R503 road between Mafikeng and Lichtenburg. All the occupants of the two vehicles, which collided head-on, died on the scene. North West Public Safety MEC Howard Yawa who was at the scene of [...]
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