{"id":295249,"date":"2020-08-22T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T13:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=295249"},"modified":"2020-08-22T15:37:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T13:37:31","slug":"anglers-rescue-downed-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=295249","title":{"rendered":"Anglers rescue downed pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ni\u00ebl Terblanch\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>THE 58-year-old Hannes van der Walt sustained severe injuries when he crashed to the ground on a beach near Jakkalsputz while flying a motorised paraglider.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The head of the Directorate of Aircraft Accident Investigation, Magnus Abraham, confirmed the accident and said that the pilot sustained severe injuries during the crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the initial investigation we could deduct that the pilot was caught in strong wind gust that caused him to lose control over the rig he was flying which caused him to fall,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Anglers-rescue-downed-pilot.jpg\" alt=\"Hannes van der Walt crashed ground beach near Jakkalsputz flying\" class=\"wp-image-295250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Anglers-rescue-downed-pilot.jpg 252w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Anglers-rescue-downed-pilot.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Abraham anglers fishing a few hundred metres away from where the pilot witnessed the entire incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterviews with the fishermen cast more light on what transpired. They told our investigator on the ground that they saw the paraglider flying near them and that it suddenly lost altitude. They initially thought that the pilot was landing on the beach but when they did not see him get up after landing they rushed to his aid,\u201d Abraham said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said that when the anglers arrived on the scene of the crash they discovered that the pilot was seriously injured and immediately summoned the Namibian Police and the Life-Link Ambulance service.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Abraham the severely injured pilot was transported to the Cottage hospital in Swakopmund but that he was flown to Windhoek on an ambulance flight for intensive medical treatment in the capital shortly after his arrival at the first hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom witness statements and the accident scene it is quite clear that strong wind was in all probability the cause of the accident,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said that the accident could have had tragic consequences if it was not for the anglers on the beach given the remoteness of the crash site.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the incident report provided by the Namibian Police in the Erongo Region the accident occurred near Jakkalsputz at around 13:15 on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":295250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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