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Helidrive service expands operations in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is on track to become the first African country to establish a nationwide public air rescue service following the launch of the Helidrive National Air Rescue Service. Officially inaugurated in August 2024, the service aims to addr…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:23hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo gets Russian helicopter ambulance

The Matabeleland region saw a major advancement in its emergency medical services yesterday with the arrival of the first of two dedicated air ambulances from Helidrive Zimbabwe. The state-of-the-art helicopter, destined for the United Bul…

Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:41hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF youth call for probe into helicopter crash

The Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP), affiliated with the ruling Zanu-PF party, is demanding an independent investigation into a recent helicopter crash involving the Airforce of Zimbabwe. The incident occurred shortly after takeoff i…

Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:03hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa helicopter raises serious political and security concerns

Investigations into the crash landing of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's helicopter at Masvingo Airport on Sunday are ongoing, with the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe and state security services leading the inquiry. However, President…

Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 15:37hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa was supposed to be in crashed chopper

The Zimbabwean government has confirmed that the helicopter which crash-landed at an airstrip in Masvingo on Sunday was initially meant to transport President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The President, who was celebrating his 82nd birthday at Grea…

Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:34hrs | 1962 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa helicopter crash inquiry begins

The Ministry of Defence and the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) have launched an inquiry into the cause of an Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) helicopter accident that occurred at Masvingo Aerodrome on Sunday. The helicopter was sup…

Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:20hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter

Crashed helicopter was meant to transport Mnangagwa

Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr. Jenfan Muswere, has provided clarification on the helicopter accident that took place on Sunday in Masvingo. The incident occurred shortly after the successful ground-breaking …

Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 06:25hrs | 1548 | by Staff reporter

CAAZ probes Air Force helicopter incident

CAAZ Launches Investigation into Air Force Helicopter Incident in MasvingoThe Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has initiated an investigation into an aviation incident involving an Air Force of Zimbabwe helicopter that occurred …

Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 07:45hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter

Air Force of Zimbabwe plane crashes

An Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) helicopter crashed during takeoff this afternoon at Masvingo Airport. The incident, which occurred under unclear circumstances, has prompted an ongoing investigation by AFZ officials.Sources within the AFZ, w…

Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 19:53hrs | 8911 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe hospitals get air ambulance training

Officials from the Ministry of Health and Child Care yesterday, begun receiving user training for the 12 air ambulances that Government bought from Russia ahead of their deployment and distribution among the country's 10 provinces.The ambu…

Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zambia recovers its stolen helicopter from Zimbabwe

The Zambian national broadcaster Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) reports that the country's airforce pilots have been in Zimbabwe to bring back a stolen helicopter.According to the report, the helicopter was stolen by the f…

Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 19:26hrs | 11 | by Hopewell Chin'ono

Rostec, Zimbabwe helicopter deal in crosshairs of US sanctions

ZIMBABWE, which is under United States sanctions, has received 18 helicopters from a sanctioned Russian state entity, Rostec, for air medical services, law enforcement, as well as search-and-rescue operations, but aviation experts immediat…

Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:12hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa chopper deal raises stink?

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been criticised for presiding over a controversial deal that saw Zimbabwe acquire 32 helicopters from Russia worth a staggering US$320 million without following laid down procurement procedures amid allegat…

Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Russian helicopters deal needs close scrutiny

The penchant for wasteful expenditure by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government went a notch higher last week with the delivery of 32 helicopters from Russia in a deal said to be worth $320 million.It is said the Ansat helicopters, deli…

Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa in another scary helicopter landing

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's two helicopters bound for Chimanimani in Manicaland province were Wednesday morning made a sudden U-turn in Mutare.According to reports the choppers later landed at Marondera Golf Course, raising serious conc…

Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Deadly helicopter was meant for Mnangagwa

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's fleet of presidential helicopters was depleted in April when an Air Force of Zimbabwe chopper crashed in Acturus, 30 kilometres east of Harare, as new details emerge on last month's hair-raising emergency lan…

Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Scary details on Mnangagwa helicopter crash emerge

NEW details have emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's official helicopter crash-landed due to a technical problem triggered by a faulty power system and flat battery, The NewsHawks reported.This comes as Mnangagwa has quickly moved …

Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's helicopter was forced to return to Harare after failing to land in Mutare

PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa's helicopter was forced to return to Harare after failing to land in Mutare due to thick fog which led to security personnel raise fears it could crash in the mountainous boarder city Saturday, NewZimbabwe.com r…

Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:59hrs | 13 | by Geoffrey Nyarota

Board of inquiry for helicopter crash

GOVERNMENT has set up a board of inquiry to investigate the cause of Friday's helicopter crash which killed two Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) pilots and a flight technician in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East Province.Wing Commander Thomas Tinash…

Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

Air Force of Zimbabwe mourns the death of helicopter accident victims

The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) is in mourning after the horrific accident that claimed the lives of two pilots and an aircraft technician.The pilots who perished are Wing Commander Thomas Tinashe Manyowa and Flight Lieutenant Anita Mapiye…

Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Barnabas Sibanda pursues helicopter dream

FORMER soldier and war veteran, Barnabas Sibanda, who dreamt of constructing the country's first aircraft from scrap metal in 1990s, has said he is still pursuing the dream although lack of sponsorship was frustrating his mission.Sibanda g…

Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Barnabas Sibanda, the man who wanted to fly

IN the 1990s Zimbabwe, Bulawayo in particular, became fascinated by the ambitions of Barnabas Sibanda, a former soldier in the Zimbabwe National Army who wanted to construct the country's first aircraft made from junk.In the City of Kings,…

Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:31hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean company builds a hybrid helicopter

SAITH Technology has unveiled its latest technologies including an electric car and hybrid helicopter, but said it was waiting government approval to sell the products. Speaking at the official unveiling of SAITH Technologies in Harare yes…

Published: 22 Jul 2015 at 07:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Heavy rains block Air Force helicopter patrol

An Air Force of Zimbabwe helicopter commissioned to assess the impact of floods in affected areas of Mash Central Province yesterday failed to reach its destinations due to incessant rains and dark clouds that engulfed the area. The pilot …

Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Tourists 'helicopter crash' causes panic

PANIC gripped the resort town of Victoria Falls on Monday after it was reported that a helicopter carrying tourists had crashed.Residents lined the streets as ambulances and fire tenders sped through to the wail of deafening emergency sire…

Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 08:53hrs | 2 | by Leonard Ncube

Crash chopper pilot arrested again

A SOUTH African businessman recently freed on bail pending an appeal for flying in and out of Zimbabwe illegally has been arrested again for threatening to "fix" a Gwanda councillor.Fredrick Wilhelm August Lutzkie, 52, was arrested at the …

Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 06:21hrs | 6 | by Marvelous Moyo

'Chopper crash pilot is a liar,' says Immigration officials

A South African apartheid soldier who crashed his helicopter near West Nicholson before secretly burying the wreckage was branded a liar by Zimbabwean immigration officials yesterday. Frederick Wilhelm August Lutzkie, 52, claims to have ma…

Published: 29 May 2014 at 07:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Govt to investigate helicopter crash

The government says it is launching investigations into the recent helicopter crash that occurred in Gwanda saying the accident is a threat to national security.The Minister of State for Matabeleland South province, Abednigo Ncube cited se…

Published: 27 May 2014 at 18:02hrs | | by Staff reporter

Pilot who crashed and buried a helicopter, named

A PILOT who crashed and buried the wreckage of a chopper at Doddieburn Ranch near West Nicholson earlier this month has been named as Frikkie Lutzkie, a South African underworld business tycoon and former apartheid soldier. Lutzkie, 52, ha…

Published: 23 May 2014 at 06:41hrs | 10 | by Sifundiso Ndlovu

Helicopter crashes, farmer buries wreck

ZIMBABWE'S security agencies were facing uncomfortable questions yesterday as it was revealed that a helicopter crash near West Nicholson went undetected for TWO WEEKS.The Zimbabwe Republic Police, the Central Intelligence Organisation, th…

Published: 21 May 2014 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Patrick Chitumba/Sifundiso Ndlovu

R500,000 looted from Gwanda helicopter crash scene

Two suspected robbers, who were taken into police custody for allegedly looting R500 000 from a helicopter crash scene, have been freed.Hardlife Tavona Mupaneshure, 27, and a 17-year-old boy were arrested after a tip-off that they picked b…

Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 11:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

SA donated helicopters find their way into Zimbabwe

Namibia could have controversially used a 'perfect cover' to send helicopters to Zimbabwe, for rescue operations to save flood victims in the Tokwe-Mukosi basin, following the heavy rains in the last few weeks.The Alouette III helicopters …

Published: 15 Feb 2014 at 14:03hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Sibanda

Khaya Moyo mourns Gwanda chopper crash victim

ZANU-PF national chairman and Senior Minister of State in the President's Office, Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo, yesterday sent his condolences to the family of the late businessman who died when his helicopter crashed in Gwanda.Ambassador M…

Published: 15 Jan 2014 at 21:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Gwanda helicopter crash victim identified

PROMINENT Beitbridge businessman, Christian Ndou Malila was yesterday killed, his body parts scattered all over, after his private helicopter crashed in a mountainous area in Maphani about 6km out of Gwanda Town. The US-built Robinson R44 …

Published: 13 Jan 2014 at 05:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

More details avail on Gwanda helicopter crash

Details on this morning's helicopter crash in Gwanda keep trickling in.Latest information coming from the site of the accident indicate that the chopper was owned by a South Africa based Zimbabwean business man. The business man Mr Christi…

Published: 12 Jan 2014 at 13:07hrs | 15 | by Moyo Roy

Zimbabwe, SA helicopter donation review postponed

A court review into the South Africa National Defence Force's plan to send helicopters to Zimbabwe has been postponed until next month, civil society organisation AfriForum said on Wednesday."The matter was postponed by agreement of all th…

Published: 27 Mar 2013 at 14:43hrs | | by Sapa

Chopper crashes in London

London - A helicopter that crashed in London apparently "plummeted straight into the ground", said an ex-BBC producer.http://youtube.com/watch?v=WRBogaUCSUMThe helicopter crashed near the River Thames in London.A photo shown on Sky News sh…

Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Three Ugandan military helicopters crash in Kenyan airspace

Nairobi - Three Ugandan military helicopters crashed in Kenyan airspace at the weekend on their way to Somalia and bad weather was hampering search and rescue efforts, a Kenyan defence spokesperson said on Monday.A pilot from one of the th…

Published: 13 Aug 2012 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Kenyan Internal Security Minister dies in helicopter crash

Kenyan Interior Minister George Saitoti was killed on Sunday alongside a junior minister and four others after a police helicopter crashed near Nairobi, the vice-president said."It is unfortunate that we have lost honourable Prof Saitoti, …

Published: 10 Jun 2012 at 07:36hrs | | by AFP

Nato helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, 31 US Troops killed

Kabul - A total of 31 members of the US special forces have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan along with seven Afghans, a statement from Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office said on Saturday."The president of the Islamic …

Published: 06 Aug 2011 at 12:23hrs | 1 | by Matthews Estall

Nato helicopter crashes

A Nato helicopter crashed on Thursday in eastern Afghanistan but no one was hurt, the US-led coalition said.The crew was recovered after the crash, which occurred in Parwan province. Nato said the cause of the incident was under investigat…

Published: 07 Jul 2011 at 14:30hrs | | by AP

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