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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 6 January 2014

NSRI on high alert for Cape to Rio yachts:

Early evening of Sunday, 05 January, the NSRI Airborne Sea Rescue unit, the SA Air Force 22 Squadron, NSRI Table Bay and NSRI Mykonos were placed on high alert by the Transnet National Ports Authority following reports of Cape to ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 6 January 2014

Table Bay – Patient casualty evacuated off ship:

At 18h30pm on Sunday the 05th of January, NSRI Airborne Sea Rescue Unit, the SA Air Force 22 Squadron and WC Government Health EMS were placed on alert by the Transnet National Ports Authority following a request for medical assistance ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 6 January 2014

Table Bay NSRI assists Black Cat:

UPDATE: MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) are commended for speedily activating resources to respond to multiple incidents during the Cape to Rio yacht race. Yachts were affected by severe weather during the early stages of the Cape to Rio 201 ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 5 January 2014

Missing diver update

Update: 2013/01/05In an ongoing dive search operation today, Sunday, 05 January, the body of a missing 56 year old diver has been located and recovered, coordinated by Police divers with the assistance of Navy divers, WC Government Health EMS divers ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 4 January 2014

Hermanus respond to two emergencies

On Friday the 3rd of January at 15h10, NSRI Hermanus were activated for a kayak in trouble off Onrus. One of the crew was driving along Marine drive when he spotted a kayak just beyond the kelp with somebody trying ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 4 January 2014

Light aircraft crash at airfield near Infanta

Witsand NSRI, the SA Police Services, WC Government Health EMS, Overberg Fire and Rescue Services, including a Working On Fire helicopter, and the Overberg Disaster risk Management responded at 13h16, Saturday, 04th January, following reports of a light aircraft crashed ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 4 January 2014

Richards Bay: Man missing, feared drowned

At 08h30 NSRI Richards Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a 27 year old local man missing in the sea after reportedly being swept out by rip currents at Alkant Strand, Richards Bay, before disappearing ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 3 January 2014

Hermanus assist boat on Fisherhaven Lagoon

At 18:12 on the 2nd January, Deon Langenhoven, Deputy Station Commander of the NSRI Hermanus rescue base, received a call from a member of the public regarding a boat with engine trouble on the Fisherhaven lagoon. It was a family ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 2 January 2014

Incidents for 1st and 2nd January

PORT ELIZABETH:On Wednesday the 1st of January, at 14h33, NSRI Port Elizabeth and Police, including a Police Dive Unit, responded to the Swartkops River where it was reported that a child had disappeared under water after being caught in the ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 1 January 2014

National incidents around the coast

WITSAND:On Sunday morning, 09h00, the 29th of December, NSRI Witsand, while standing by for the Trans Agulhas race, treated a 19 year old boat racer, Ludeyk Coetzee, for a neck injury sustained when the boat he was in beached hard ...

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