The body was recovered to the shoreline and taken into the care of police. Despite extensive CPR efforts he was sadly declared deceased by paramedics.” “NSRI rescue swimmers and paramedics reached the man and he was freed from paragliding gear and recovered onto rocks where CPR efforts commenced. The tandem passenger, a 58 year old Irish man, was on rocks in the water off-shore of the Sea Point Promenade.
In a statement the NSRI said: “On arrival on the scene the adult male pilot of the tandem paraglider (that had reportedly deployed the reserve parachute) was safely on the shore and he was treated for minor injuries. The rescue mobilised services including NSRI rescue craft, rescue swimmers, South African Police, local emergency responders, ambulance and fire services. That pilot and passenger landed “200 to 300 metres” offshore. One tandem pilot landed safely with their passenger, while the second tandem pilot deployed a reserve. They said that two tandem paragliders had collided above Sea Point Promenade. Tragically, Oliver did not survive.Īccording to a statement from South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) the alarm was raised at 4.28pm local time. One tandem pilot landed safely on the ground, while the other went down under reserve into the sea.Įmergency services were immediately alerted, and a full-scale rescue operation swung into action. Initial reports said two tandem pilots and their passengers had collided while flying. Greig Oliver, a 58-year-old former Scotland rugby international player, died after he and his pilot landed under reserve in the surf-zone near Sea Point Promenade, the landing area for pilots flying from Signal Hill in Cape Town. A former Scotland rugby international died in a tragic tandem paragliding accident in South Africa on Monday 3 July.
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