News coming out is that the pilot who carried Mai TT to her wedding in a helicopter has dies in a crash. What we know so far is that the helicopter crash happened in Mhondoro. The pilots name wasCaptain Peter Chirimuuta
Several media outlets are reporting.
The Helicopter that carried Mai TT to the wedding venue crashed moments after leaving the venue💔 . Although our team couldn’t confirm the news, Facebook user ‘Ottie Chocdee’ posted on her platform paying her tribute to the pilot by the name Shefu Chillaz.
The Helicopter crashed in the late afternoon today, he crashed in Mhondoro area, in a mountain, Air Force sent a rescue helicopter afterwards, but he was no more when they arrived on the scene some 45 minutes later. It’s the same helicopter used by mai tt on her wedding day on Saturday and accident happened Sunday. He was alone. His full name is Captain Peter Chirimuuta. MHSRIP
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Barely a year later, an Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) helicopter crashed yesterday near the place where another chopper carrying President Emmerson Mnangagwa was forced to crash land.
Indentities of the passengers were not disclosed at the time of writing.
The aftermath …chopper crash
The accident happened at Chibhero College in Mhondoro, but police and army officials were coy on details about its passengers and possible casualties.
Impeccable sources told NewsDay that the crash occurred yesterday afternoon near Chibhero College in Mhondoro.
Police sources also confirmed the crash, which saw top officials attending the crash site. Military and police details also cordoned off the site, making it inaccessible.
The sources said the crash took place in the area where a helicopter carrying President Emmerson Mnangagwa was forced to crash land after developing a technical fault while he was returning to the capital from his Precabe Farm in Kwekwe.
“The crash was in the same area where Mnangagwa’s helicopter almost crashed,” the source said.
“The road leading to the accident scene was cordoned off, and no one was allowed there. We are not yet aware who was involved in the accident, and if there were any casualties.”
Zimbabwe National Army spokesperson Colonel Alphios Makotore said he could not comment on the matter.
“I am not in the air force, I am in the army,” he curtly said yesterday.
AFZ public relations officer, Simon Matingwina yesterday acknowledged the crash but said it was not an air force helicopter.
“I know about the crash, but it’s not our helicopter. I think Mhondoro police attended the scene,” he said last night.
Efforts to get a comment from police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi were fruitless as he was not picking up calls.
This is not the first time that an air force chopper has crashed in the country.
Last April, an AFZ helicopter — Agusta Bell AB 412 — crashed in a farming area in Arcturus, 30km east of the capital killing three crew members and a child as it came down on a house.
Two months later, another chopper, an Mi-35 helicopter gunship, with five aircraft technicians on board crash-landed near oil expresser Surface Wilmar in Chitungwiza. Newsday
