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Chopper Crash A well-known wildlife pilot from the area died tragically in a helicopter accident outside Tzaneen on Wednesday afternoon. Benjamin Osmers (31) and a friend, Gerdus Korb, were flying over the Mooketsi area in his Jet Ranger chopper when the craft crashed to the ground due to apparent engine failure just after lift-off. The two had spent the day counting game from the air over ZZ2 and were returning home to Gravelotte when the accident happened. The helicopter is reported to have burst into flames upon impact and Osmers died at the scene. “There really was nothing that the pilot could have done. There were just too many trees at the crash site for him to count on au-
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torotation in the rotor blades to perform a safe emergency landing,” said a pilot friend. It is not certain what the cause of the accident was and investigations are continuing. Korb was rushed to Mediclinic Tzaneen after he managed to crawl from the wreckage. He is currently recovering in the Intensive Care Unit after undergoing a six hour-long operation. Korb’s family arrived later that evening from Cape Town. Since the news of his death, condolences have flooded social media specifically for his wife, Susan, and their two children – the youngest of which is just 11 days old. Bennie was the son of Zander and Judy Osmers. He was an experienced pilot who started his flying career in 2006 and clocked many hours
flight time through the management of Big Game Heli, his family’s wildlife management business. Osmers spent most of his childhood between Hoedspruit and Gravelotte, but in 2012 gained national fame as a finalist in the Mr South Africa pageant which launched him into a modelling career. Bulletin spoke to the South African Civil Aviation Authority for clarity on the cause of the accident, but at the time of going to print no clear conclusion had been made. — Joe Dreyer joe@bulletin.us.com
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