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GordonR_Cape

28th Sep 2018 15:49

Light aircraft caught in zip-line near Sun City, South Africa

https://ewn.co.za/2018/09/28/private...-near-sun-city

Quote:

Johannesburg - The Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre says it has managed to rescue two people from a small private plane that’s caught in a zip line in the North West.

The centre's Funky White says the pair is unharmed and currently receiving medical attention.

She says while the plane is still hanging on the zip line near Sun City, it's not yet clear how it got there.

Weeds round the prop

7th Oct 2018 05:32

It seems pretty clear how it got there...
Not much holding it on the wire- one blade gone and the wire just lodged behind the boss. It looks as if the rescue chaps sensibly got a karabiner onto the wire and a strap to the airframe in case it fell off.
Very lucky that no-one appeared to be upstream and travelling down the zip wire at the time or the cockpit could have got a bit crowded.

Lantern10

7th Oct 2018 23:55

Kudos to the rescue crew. Great effort to get the two down from that.

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