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Plane concerned seems to be ZS-NRM, a Jetstream 41
Pilot needs to be commended: witness
September 24 2009 at 11:23AM
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Witnesses this morning told of their horror as a South African Airlink passenger aircraft crash-landed just metres away from homes and a school in the bustling community of Merebank.
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Those who live close to the crash site watched as the plane landed on a street that would have been filled with cars, pedestrians and the odd schoolchild who was late for classes had it not been for today's public holiday.
Friends Vikesh Kanaipersad, Rajen Seethal and Aveshkar Djadhoo were standing in Umarkot Cresent, 20 metres from Merebank Secondary School when they saw the plane land.
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They said the pilot needed to be commended for avoiding the houses as he headed for the school ground.
Vikesh Kanaipersad said they looked inside the cockpit window and saw three crew members.
"They had gashes on their foreheads and blood was oozing from the wounds," he said.
Rajen Seethal said police then asked them to leave the scene.
"We were trying to help and they just came and chased us away and they cordoned off the area. We were very upset because we first on the scene and we just trying to help the people inside the plane".
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Plane crash victims undergo surgery
25 September 2009, 11:51
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Three people injured in a plane crash in Durban will undergo surgery on Friday, SA Airlink said.
Three crew members and a bystander on the ground were injured in Thursday's crash.
Airlink spokeswoman Karin Murray said a bystander Abraham Mthethwa was in a critical but stable condition.
"He sustained leg fractures and will be operated on today. He is critical but in a stable condition."
Flight attendant Rodelle Oosthuizen, who sustained facial and back injuries, would also undergo surgery.
Captain Alistair Freeman sustained multiple injuries including facial fractures, broken ribs and ankle, and a suspected punctured lung.
"He is still critical but stable and will be operated on his legs today. Once the facial swelling has reduced his facial fractures will be attended to," said Murray.
First Officer Sonja Bierman also sustained multiple injuries. She was in a stable condition and under sedation.
"She has broken both her ankles and a hand and has sustained fractures in the pelvic area and chest. Her ankles were operated on successfully yesterday."
Airlink said there were no passengers on board at the time and no fatalities reported.
In a statement on the Civil Aviation Authority's website, it said the plane, carrying three passengers, "experienced engine problems after take-off from Durban International Airport".
"The aircraft was unable to maintain altitude and the crew attempted to land on a sports field of a local school at a suburb just three kilometres north east of the airport." - Sapa
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25 September 2009, 07:04
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It appears to be second time unlucky for Captain Alistair Freeman, who was critically injured aboard SA Airlink J41 when it ditched into a Merebank school field in Durban yesterday.
While this could not be officially confirmed, South African pilots' blogs were last night referring to this as Freeman's second crash in the past few years.
In August 2005, The Mercury reported that a light aircraft had crashed into a house in Durban North with a Captain Alistair Freeman at the controls. All six people on board survived.
That aircraft, a Britten-Norman Islander, had taken off from Manzengwenya Aerodrome near, Lake Sibaya in northern KZN, and was about to land at Durban's Virginia Airport. However, moments before the crash, the pilot had made a radio call that he was having engine problems.
Freeman fractured his hip.
SA Airlink spokesperson Karin Murray would not be drawn last night on whether the two captain Alistair Freemans were one and the same.
She said the Freeman whose plane crashed yesterday had had a spotless record with SA Airlink.
SA Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Kabelo Ledwaba could not confirm that both aircraft had been piloted by the same man.
"Something like this will take time (to confirm). I am not willing to speculate on this."
This article was originally published on page 1 of The Mercury on September 25, 2009
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Three people injured in a plane crash in Durban will undergo surgery on Friday, SA Airlink said.
Three crew members and a bystander on the ground were injured in Thursday's crash.
Airlink spokeswoman Karin Murray said a bystander Abraham Mthethwa was in a critical but stable condition.
"He sustained leg fractures and will be operated on today. He is critical but in a stable condition."
Flight attendant Rodelle Oosthuizen, who sustained facial and back injuries, would also undergo surgery.
Captain Alistair Freeman sustained multiple injuries including facial fractures, broken ribs and ankle, and a suspected punctured lung.
"He is still critical but stable and will be operated on his legs today. Once the facial swelling has reduced his facial fractures will be attended to," said Murray.
First Officer Sonja Bierman also sustained multiple injuries. She was in a stable condition and under sedation.
"She has broken both her ankles and a hand and has sustained fractures in the pelvic area and chest. Her ankles were operated on successfully yesterday."
Airlink said there were no passengers on board at the time and no fatalities reported.
In a statement on the Civil Aviation Authority's website, it said the plane, carrying three passengers, "experienced engine problems after take-off from Durban International Airport".
"The aircraft was unable to maintain altitude and the crew attempted to land on a sports field of a local school at a suburb just three kilometres north east of the airport." - Sapa
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It appears to be second time unlucky for Captain Alistair Freeman, who was critically injured aboard SA Airlink J41 when it ditched into a Merebank school field in Durban yesterday.
While this could not be officially confirmed, South African pilots' blogs were last night referring to this as Freeman's second crash in the past few years.
In August 2005, The Mercury reported that a light aircraft had crashed into a house in Durban North with a Captain Alistair Freeman at the controls. All six people on board survived.
That aircraft, a Britten-Norman Islander, had taken off from Manzengwenya Aerodrome near, Lake Sibaya in northern KZN, and was about to land at Durban's Virginia Airport. However, moments before the crash, the pilot had made a radio call that he was having engine problems.
Freeman fractured his hip.
SA Airlink spokesperson Karin Murray would not be drawn last night on whether the two captain Alistair Freemans were one and the same.
She said the Freeman whose plane crashed yesterday had had a spotless record with SA Airlink.
SA Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Kabelo Ledwaba could not confirm that both aircraft had been piloted by the same man.
"Something like this will take time (to confirm). I am not willing to speculate on this."
This article was originally published on page 1 of The Mercury on September 25, 2009
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