Plane crashes into school

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hyperian said:
Hardly funny when you consider that plenty of kids might have been killed if today wasn't a public holiday.
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But nobody died and nobody were at school.

If there were casualties, I would never have made that comment.

Reports on the other thread now say there are 4 people trapped. :confused:
 
APoc84 said:
But nobody died and nobody were at school.

If there were casualties, I would never have made that comment.

Reports on the other thread now say there are 4 people trapped. :confused:
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They aren't dead but it is very possible that they might be soon. They are critically injured.

Johannesburg - Two people were removed from the wreckage of a plane which crashed in Merebank, south of Durban on Thursday morning, while paramedics worked to free the remaining man still trapped inside.

A Sapa reporter on the scene said paramedics used jaws of life to cut them free from the plane which broke up after crashing into a fence at the Merebank Secondary School.

They were rushed to hospital by helicopter for further treatment.

Initially it was thought that only those on board the 50-seater plane were injured, but it later emerged that a woman who had been on the school's perimeter was also injured.

Abel Pillay, whose house is a stone's throw from the crash scene, said he saw the plane flying very low and it looked as though the pilot was trying to land on the sports ground.

"My father said 'look at the plane, it is flying very low'," Pillay told Sapa.

"You could see that the pilot was trying to land in the school ground."

Pillay said there were three people cleaning the street and that one was hit by the plane and "she fell, but she survived".

The plane narrowly missed crashing into houses.

A large group of residents arrived to observe the rescue operation from behind a cordon that had been set up.

Earlier, Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said that the four men on the plane, which crashed about three km away from Durban International Airport, were critically injured.
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http://www.news24.com/Content/South...0-11/Look_at_the_plane,_it_is_flying_very_low
 
 
This one is closer to home being a popular SA carrier...
 
The other day a ceiling collapsed at a school after the schoolbell was rung five minutes late. Looks like someone is looking out for the schoolkids.:D
 
Geez what are the odds, Durban to Pietermaritzburg is less than an hours drive, here we have a plane that crashes on that route.
 
It appears that this is the pilot's ( Allistair Freeman ) second crash

Pilot partly to blame for crash

03/05/2007 21:23 - (SA)

Durban - A light-plane crash into a Durban home two years ago could have been caused by the icing up of its carburettor along with incorrect technique and inexperience on the part of the pilot.

This came out of a South African Civil Aviation report into the accident, obtained by Sapa on Thursday.

All six passengers - five Austrian tourists and the pilot - survived the August 2005 crash.

The incident made local newspaper headlines and many Durbanites went on outings to view the wreckage of the aircraft with its tail sticking out of the roof of a Durban North pensioner's house.

The executive summary report read: "The pilot employed an incorrect go-around technique and took inappropriate actions during the emergency situation which aggravated the situation."

Contributory factors

The aircraft, a Britten-Norman Islander, had taken off from Manzengwenya Aerodrome near Lake Sibaya in northern KwaZulu-Natal and was about to land at Durban's Virginia Airport.

The summary lists as contributory factors "prevalent carburettor icing probability" and "lack of experience of the pilot on the aircraft type".

The report stated that both the aircraft's engines were recovered from the crash site and "performed satisfactorily" during performance tests.

However, moments before the crash pilot Alistair Freeman had made a radio call to say he was having engine problems.

Gerhard Huber, who was in the front seat of the plane alongside Freeman, later told the Daily News that he had noticed that the port engine had started to go slower.

The plane then suddenly veered to the right and ploughed into the house of pensioner Alwyn Field.

Freeman and Huber both dislocated and fractured their hips. It took firemen two hours to free the two men using the jaws of life.

Crawled out of wreckage

Huber's wife, Monika, his two children, aged 10 and 12 at the time, as well as his sister, Alexandre Wucher, were also in the plane.

Their injuries were less severe and they managed to crawl out of the wreckage.

Field had been at a bowling club when the aircraft crashed into his lounge and dining room.

"His neighbours phoned to tell him what happened, but he thought they were joking until he decided to return home to check," said police spokesperson Gugu Sabela at the time.
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From the FlyAfrica Forums
 
SA Airlink pilot dies
2009-10-07 09:30

Durban - The SA Airlink pilot whose plane crash-landed on September 24 has died at St Augustine's hospital in Durban on Wednesday, emergency services said.

Captain Allister Freeman "had sustained severe internal injuries" during the accident and died at 01:00, said Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha.

Flight attendant Rodell Oosthuizen and Durban Solid Waste street cleaner Abraham Mthethwa, who were both injured in the accident, remained in a stable condition.

Freeman and Oosthuizen were injured when their aircraft floundered and tried to land on a school sports field in Merebank, 3km from Durban International Airport, shortly after take-off.

Mthethwa was struck as the plane crashed through a school wall.

The Minister of Transport Sbu Ndebele sent his condolences to Freeman's family and colleagues.

"Our condolences and prayers go to the family during this difficult period. We also extend our condolences to the entire SA Airlink family which has lost one of its employees," he said in a statement.

He also wished Oosthuizen and Mthethwa a speedy recovery.

Airlink said it would remember Freeman for the role he played in averting what could have been a worse accident.

"We offer our deepest sympathy and prayers to Allister’s wife, his young children, mother, brothers, family, friends and colleagues in this time of anguish and grief," chief executive officer Rodger Foster said in a statement.

Freeman joined SA Airlink in June 2008 as a first officer and worked his way up to the captaincy.

"At this time, we appeal to journalists to respect Allister’s family’s request for privacy."

"A memorial service will be held soon for friends and colleagues so they will be able to pay their respects to him," said Foster.
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Source

RIP.
 
mac_mac74 said:
holy fusckin sh11t, hopefully he is not back at work on Monday , I need to catch a flight to Durban.
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Well you got your wish, he is now dead so you don't have to worry about him being your pilot.
 
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