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Press Release

Press Releases issued by the SAHPA Committee relating to incidents and accidents.

Paramotor Accident in Port Shepstone on 24 April 2022

24th Apr 2022 by Louis Stanford
Categories Press Release Tags Accident, Powered Paragliding

Paragliding Accident at Porterville on 9 February 2022

10th Feb 202210th Feb 2022 by Louis Stanford

SAHPA has learned of male foreign pilot who had a paragliding accident at Lewenkop near Porterville on 9 February 2022.

Categories Press Release Tags Accident, Paragliding

Paragliding accidents at Lydenburg on 8 January 2022

10th Jan 20229th Jan 2022 by Louis Stanford

SAHPA has learned of two accidents at the Bambi site near Lydenburg on 8 January 2022.

Categories Press Release Tags Accident, Paragliding

Paragliding Accident at Langebaan On 07 January 2022

9th Jan 20227th Jan 2022 by Louis Stanford

SAHPA has learned of a serious paragliding accident at the Langebaan site earlier this afternoon.

Categories Press Release Tags Accident, Paragliding

Paragliding Accident at Porterville On 07 January 2022

9th Jan 20227th Jan 2022 by Louis Stanford

SAHPA has learned of a serious paragliding accident near Porterville this afternoon, 07 January 2022.

Categories Press Release Tags Accident, Paragliding

Paragliding accident on Lions Head on 15 October 2021

15th Oct 202115th Oct 2021 by Louis Stanford

SAHPA has learned of a tandem paragliding accident on Lions Head on 15 October 2021. At the time of writing, the injured person(s) is being assisted by medical rescue personnel. The nature and circumstances of … Read more

Categories Press Release Tags Accident, Paragliding, Tandem

Fatal Powered Paragliding Accident at Lydenburg on 26 September 2021

30th Sep 202127th Sep 2021 by Louis Stanford

SAHPA regrets to announce a fatal Powered Paragliding (PPG) accident on Sunday, 26th September 2021. The pilot was from Mozambique. The incident was reported to SAPS, however SAHPA has no further information.

Categories Press Release Tags Fatality, Powered Paragliding

Paragliding accident at Hogsback on 17 July 2021

19th Jul 202119th Jul 2021 by Louis Stanford

On Saturday 17th July 2021, a paraglider pilot had an accident at Dirk se kop in Hogsback. The pilot was seriously injured and required medical assistance on the mountain.

Categories Press Release Tags Accident, Paragliding

BASE fatality at Kogel Bay on 19 June 2021

1st Jul 202120th Jun 2021 by Louis Stanford

We heard this morning of an unfortunate BASE-jumping fatality at Kogel Bay yesterday (19 June 2021).

Categories Press Release Tags BASE Jumping, Fatality

Paragliding accident at Llandudno on 8 June 2021

19th Jul 20219th Jun 2021 by Louis Stanford

SAHPA has learned that a paraglider pilot had an unfortunate accident on Tuesday 8 June 2021 on the slopes of Little Lions Head above Llandudno.

Categories Press Release Tags Accident, Paragliding
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