Only one 22 Squadron SAAF Oryx helicopter carrying two NSRI rescue swimmers, an EMS paramedic and a SAAF flight crew (two pilots and a flight engineer), was tasked to casualty evacuate the patient (not two Oryx helicopters as earlier reported) - see press release below.
On arrival on-scene EMS paramedic Shaheed Osman and NSRI rescue swimmer Marius Hayes were winch hoisted onto the helicopter and the patient, 30 year old Joseph Fortuin, from Delft, Cape Town, was stabilized and then loaded into a specialized stretcher and hoisted into the helicopter and flown to Groote Schuur hospital in a stable but serious condition suffering an eye injury, a fractured arm and chest injury.
The patient has been admitted into Groote Schuur Hospital for further treatment.
Craig Lambinon
Sea Rescue Communications
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