Antje Nauhaus (34), accused of various charges related to a fatal helicopter crash on 17 July that resulted in two deaths, was granted bail of N$15 000 by Swakopmund magistrate Conchita Olivier yesterday. The bail conditions specified by the court will ensure Nauhaus’ compliance with the ongoing investigation. Nauhaus is required to report to the Swakopmund...
The Directorate of Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation’s preliminary report indicates that the helicopter crash which claimed two lives at Swakopmund last month did not have a valid certificate of airworthiness for South Africa or Namibia.The report, released on Wednesday by works and transport minister John Mutorwa, states that the helicopter arrived in Namibia last...
Staff Reporter THE helicopter involved in a fatal accident that occurred in July, resulting in two fatalities, was not officially registered in Namibia. A preliminary report from the Ministry of Works and Transport established that the helicopter was purchased from South Africa and later brought into the country using a trailer in February 2022. The...
Niël Terblanché Speculation surrounding the fatal helicopter crash that led to the death of 54-year-old Jaques Jacobs and 29-year-old Dirk von Weidts last month was put to rest when the Directorate of Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigations released a preliminary report on what the actual cause of the accident was. According to the report, the...
Antje Nauhaus (34), who is accused of fraud, forgery, contravention of civil aviation regulations, and culpable homicide, made her first appearance in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. This follows a fatal helicopter crash on 17 July, which led to the deaths of pilot and flight instructor Jacques Jacobs (54) and aviation technician Dirk von...
Floris Steenkamp THE investigation into a fatal helicopter Robinson-44 (V5-HGG) crash at Swakopmund on Monday 17 July this year is officially a criminal investigation now and no longer the subject of an aircraft accident investigation. The Namibia Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) took over the investigation from the Directorate of Aircraft Accidents and has since laid...
A woman was arrested on Sunday in connection with a helicopter crash at Swakopmund last week which claimed two lives, according to Erongo police spokesperson inspector Ileni Shapumba. The woman is reportedly facing various charges, said Shapumba. “We have arrested a woman in relation to falsification of the flight test permit, certificate of registration, as...
Niël Terblanché Forged documents and various other violations of Namibia’s Civil Aviation Act could have led to the tragic deaths of two men during a helicopter crash on the outskirts of Swakopmund a little more than a week ago. On Sunday, the Namibian Police has taken a 34-year-old woman, who is employed by Namibia Base...
Floris Steenkamp THE memorial service is underway at the Swakopmund airfield at 14:00 today for 54-year-old Jacques Jacobs, the pilot who was killed in a helicopter crash at the holiday town on Monday afternoon. Jacobs was test flying a Robinson-44 helicopter when the aircraft went down, also killing 29-year-old Dirk von Weidts, who was soon...