Overview
- Search teams found the helicopter the next morning after an overnight search, with all four occupants unharmed.
- The flight was a routine environmental-crime mission to inspect an animal carcass in the park, carrying a pilot, two SAPS investigators and an Environmental Crime Investigator.
- The crew made a safe landing in dense bush, spent the night, then waved to a SANParks helicopter that located them.
- A weak signal blocked contact with the aircraft, with suspected low flying likely making reception worse.
- The search used drones and a night-vision helicopter, though bad weather grounded the helicopter while drones continued through the night.