Paramedics rescued a man and woman from their light aircraft hours after it became ensnared in a zip-line approximately 300 metres above the ground at a resort outside of Rustenburg.
ER24 said paramedics, along with Provincial Services, SAPS and Mountain Search and Rescue, responded to the scene.
“Rescue Services utilised various high-angle rescue techniques to reach the patients in the aircraft,” said ER24 spokesperson, Russel Meiring.
“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,” he said.
He said they explained to paramedics that the only thing they could do was to keep dead still as they feared that the plane 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,” he said.
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