Date: | Thursday 21 January 2021 |
Time: | 11:18 UTC |
Type: | Bell 430 |
Owner/operator: | National Airways Corporation opf Netcare 911 |
Registration: | ZT-RRT |
MSN: | 49126 |
Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7687 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | between Ladysmith and Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal - South Africa |
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ambulance |
Departure airport: | Midrand-Ultimate Heli heliport |
Pietermaritzburg-Hillcrest Hospital heliport | |
Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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A Netcare 911 helicopter has crashed at Bergville in western KwaZulu-Natal. Netcare says in a statement that five people on board died in the crash.The helicopter was carrying a pilot and four health care workers. #sabcnews
— Jayed-Leigh Paulse (@JayedLeigh) January 21, 2021
Video: Supplied pic.twitter.com/fF88A9APAS
A Netcare medical rescue chopper has crashed between Ladysmith and Colenso in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. | @WitnessKZN https://t.co/dBUi3sq2x5
— News24 (@News24) January 21, 2021
Netcare Helicopter Crashes, Kills Five After Trying To Save Jackson Mthembu.#JacksonMthembu #Netcare https://t.co/3ck9Flg2ed
— Imzansi 24 (@iMzansi24) January 22, 2021
TCCA AD issued to inspect the B430 main rotor pitch link clevis after the second of two accidents in Angola (oil and gas) and South Africa (air ambulance) that cost the lives of 11 people.https://t.co/nYecY9SEIN #helicopter #accident #airworthiness #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/Dlre6L2z8K
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) July 27, 2021
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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21-Jan-2021 14:17 | gerard57 | Added |
21-Jan-2021 14:48 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
21-Jan-2021 15:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
21-Jan-2021 16:34 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
21-Jan-2021 20:49 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
21-Jan-2021 20:51 | harro | Updated [Operator, Source] |
22-Jan-2021 08:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
22-Jan-2021 08:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
22-Jan-2021 08:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
22-Jan-2021 10:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Embed code, Narrative] |
22-Jan-2021 16:07 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
22-Jan-2021 23:19 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
22-Jan-2021 23:53 | Captain Adam | Updated [Operator] |
23-Jan-2021 19:05 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
03-Feb-2021 16:24 | Topaz | Updated [Narrative] |
23-Feb-2021 09:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
23-Feb-2021 19:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
23-Feb-2021 19:49 | harro | Updated [[Source]] |
27-Jul-2021 10:12 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
27-Jul-2021 10:47 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
27-Jul-2021 10:47 | Aerossurance | Updated [[Source, Embed code, Narrative]] |
01-Mar-2022 07:38 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
22-Nov-2023 21:04 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities] |