Netcare 911 helicopter crash victims remembered at memorial service
More than 100 family members and close friends from across the country attended the memorial service to lay wreaths at the site and remember their loved ones.
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More than 100 family members and close friends from across the country attended the memorial service to lay wreaths at the site and remember their loved ones.
South Africa's icebreaking ship and a pair of locally supplied helicopters will help search for the Endurance, which sank off the Antarctic coast more than a century ago.
'Black Blackhawk' takes flight as SANParks Air Services' chief pilot Ndabenhle David Simelane is the new chief pilot for SANParks Air Services. Image: SANParks Veteran chopper pilot Ndabenhle David Simelane has been appointed as SANParks' new chief pilot. Along with moving up the ranks from pilot, the promotion will see Simelane, who has been flying for SANParks for a year, also take on the role of the person responsible for all SANParks Air Services operations, said COO Lize McCourt. “It comes as no surprise that Simelane, aka 'The Black-Black Hawk', is progressing t...
defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Ultimate Heliport in Midrand. The Ultimate Heliport in the Waterfall precinct in Midrand was shut down for an hour on Monday after drones were observed flying in the helicopter flight path. On 3 May shortly after 08:00, an Ultimate Heliport employee reported seeing two drones operating directly in the helicopter flight path of Ultimate Heliport while driving in to work, Ultimate Heli said. Due to the risk of collision with helicopters and a possible fatal collision between a helicopter and one of the drones, Ultimate Heliport immediately suspended all fligh...
Netcare 911 helicopter 'broke up in flight', preliminary probe finds 23 February 2021 - 08:21 By TimesLIVE Investigators combed through the debris in the aftermath of the crash in Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal. Image: SA Civil Aviation Authority A preliminary investigation by the SA Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed the helicopter which crashed en route to KwaZulu-Natal last month killing Netcare 911 medics and its pilot broke apart in midair and the impact was “not survivable”. The Bell 430 helicopter took off from Ultimate Heli heliport in Midrand, Gauteng, hea...