Pilot and passenger left dangling on zip-line for several hours
ER24 paramedics, along with Provincial Services, SAPS and Mountain Search and Rescue, were called to the scene after a light aircraft had become entangled in a zip-line, approximately 300 metres off the ground at approximately 08h30.
A man and woman were rescued this afternoon from their light aircraft after it became entangled in a zip-line approximately 300 metres above the ground at a resort outside of Rustenburg.
ER24 paramedics, along with Provincial Services, SAPS and Mountain Search and Rescue, were called to the scene.
Rescue Services utilised various high-angle rescue techniques to reach the patients in the aircraft. After some time, rescuers reached the aircraft and found the man and woman inside the aircraft. Rescue personnel equipped both patients with harnesses and began to lower them to the awaiting paramedics, 300 metres below. Once safely on the ground, paramedics found that both patients had fortunately escaped injury.
Both were transported to a nearby private hospital for further assessment. They explained to paramedics that the only thing they could do was not to move as they were scared that the aircraft would fall. At this stage it is not clear why they could not call for help earlier. It is believed that a member of the public noticed the aircraft this afternoon and called emergency services.
The details surrounding the incident are not yet known but local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.
