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Sunday World reports that police in Humansdorp in the Eastern Cape have opened an inquest docket following a helicopter crash that claimed the life of a female crop duster pilot on a farm outside Patensie on Monday morning.
The accident occurred at about 7.45am on the Roodegrond farm, when the Robinson helicopter struck power lines before crashing to the ground. The 43-year-old pilot was declared dead at the scene. The police said the pilot was spraying crops at the farm when it collided with electrical cables and crashed. Police have not yet released the identity of the deceased, pending formal identification and notification of next of kin, but a news report has identified the deceased as pilot, author, and DStv cooking show host Mynie Steffens.
According to Sisa Majola of the SA Civil Aviation Authority, the recent crashes across the country do not indicate a national aviation crisis. “The current fatality rate does not signal a crisis in the country; it remains favourable when compared to the global average of 15%,” said Majola.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Coceka Magubeni at Sunday World
- Read too, Beloved DStv chef Mynie Steffens dies in helicopter crash in Eastern Cape, at IOL News
- En ook, Vlieënier sterf toe heli by Patensie neerstort, by Maroela Media
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