SOUTH AFRICA: A HELICOPTER CRASHES ON TOP OF A BUILDING IN CAPE TOWN KILLING ALL FOUR PEOPLE ON BOARD

Record ID: 505399

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: A HELICOPTER CRASHES ON TOP OF A BUILDING IN CAPE TOWN KILLING ALL FOUR PEOPLE ON BOARD
  • Date: 10th February 1999
  • Summary: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (FEBRUARY 10, 1999) (REUTERS) TV FROM THE GROUND AND FIREMAN AT THE TOP OF BUILDING (2 SHOTS) TV OF THE CRASH SITE FROM THE TOP SIDE BUILDING TV REMAINS OF THE CHOPPER SMOLDERING AND FIREMAN PUTTING OUT THE FLAMES TV TWO BODIES COVERED WITH WHITE SHEETS (2 SHOTS) TV OF FIREMAN PUTTING OUT THE FIRE (4 SHOTS)
  • Embargoed: 25th February 1999 12:00
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  • Location: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Accidents,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVA7HB2IXN59HWZOWY2TDEPG2Y48
  • Story Text: A helicopter has crashed on top of a building in the centre of South Africa's tourist mecca of Cape Town, killing all four people on board.
    Amateur video, exclusive to Reuters, shows the helicopter being used to deliver an air-conditioning unit.The tail rotor strikes a sign on the building's roof and the aircraft spins out of control and crashes to the ground, bursting into flames.
    The crash happened at around 6:25 a.m.(0425 GMT) just before the local rush hour.Firemen managed to put out the blaze on top of the building where the Russian-built Mi-8 helicopter crashed.
    They cordoned off the area, just opposite one of the city's luxury hotels.
    One of the helicopter's rotor blades was lying in the middle of the road and police said debris from the crash flew across the street and damaged two rooms at the nearby hotel, but nobody was injured.
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