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News24 reports that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has released the identities of the three naval officers who died on Wednesday when a wave battered a submarine in Kommetjie.
In a statement, the SANDF identified the officers as Lieutenant Commander Gillian Elizabeth Hector (executive officer), Master Warrant Officer William Masela Mathipa (coxswain) and Warrant Officer Class One Mmokwapa Lucas Mojela (coxswain in training). They were aboard the SAS Manthatisi. Hector was the first female officer in Africa to navigate a submarine. The three officers died when a "huge wave" hit the submarine. Five others were rescued. Preliminary reports suggest the two men who died were washed out to sea after the wave hit during what appeared to have been an exercise. Hector's body was recovered from the submarine. One of the rescued persons was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition, while the other four did not suffer significant injuries and did not need to be hospitalised.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nicole McCain and Lisalee Solomons at News24
- Read too, Mini Navy Festival cancelled after submarine tragedy, at News24
- En ook, Ondersoek na drie sterf toe vlootoefening skeefloop, by Maroela Media
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