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.
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, heading to Hillcrest Hospital in Pietermaritzburg on January 21. On board were a helicopter paramedic, two doctors and a theatre nurse and 12 bottles of oxygen.