The National Sea Rescue Institute NSRI says it has resumed its search for a missing pilot at sea in Durban. The 61-year-old pilot, who is from Johannesburg, has been missing since Thursday when a light aircraft plunged into the ocean at the Suncoast Beach.
He was giving an aerial performance for school children and members of the public at the end of a three-day conference of the International Civil Aviation Organisation in Durban.
A large-scale search and rescue operation has been launched by multiple emergency services, including ALS Paramedics, South African Police Services SAPS, Metro Police Search and Rescue, National Sea Rescue Institute and the eThekwini Fire Department.