At 12h30 the SA Air Force 15 Squadron - Charlie Flight (Port Elizabeth) were tasked to evacuate a 32 year old Indian crewman, aboard the French crude oil carrier BW Utah, suffering a suspected bleeding ulcer.NSRI Port Elizabeth sent two NSRI rescue swimmers and a Netcare 911 paramedic to accompany the SAAF flight aboard a BK-117 helicopter which departed Port Elizabeth at 14h30 to rendezvous with the bulk carrier 30 nautical miles East of Port Elizabeth.On arrival on-scene the helicopter landed on the deck of the BW Utah where the paramedic initiated treatment to the patient before he was loaded into the helicopter and flown to hospital in East London.
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NSRI Stilbaai – Duty crew responded early Tuesday morning after a vehicle went into the Goukou River near the river mouth, resulting in the death of a 21-year-old man who was holidaying in the area with family. ...
For close to two hours, two experienced paddlers clung to their capsized surf-ski off Simon's Town, battling 40-knot winds and 2-metre swells with no way to call for help. On Saturday, 12 September, NSRI Simon's Town crew brought them home safely. ...
On Saturday afternoon, NSRI Simon's Town launched a dramatic sea rescue after two experienced paddlers capsized in gale-force winds and rough seas off Fish Hoek, spending close to two hours battling exhaustion and hypothermia before being found. ...