Roll of Honour: Person Info
Personal Details
| Service No: | 71228472PW |
| Rank: | Major |
| Last Name: | HATTINGH |
| First Name: | ANDRE ANTON |
| Initials: | A A |
Death Details
| Date of Death: | 2003-08-16 |
| Age: | 48 |
| Cause: | Died in Motor Cycle Accident, after he crashed his motorcycle into a fixed-wing aircraft. Major Andre Hattingh, an Oryx pilot, was riding to work Ysterplaat Air Force base on his motorcycle on Thursday morning. He apparently saw two vehicle lights approaching and thought it was a car, but it was the lights of a tractor towing a Dakota aircraft from the hangar to the runway. Hattingh veered to the left, but crashed into the tail wing of the aircraft and his motorcycle slid to one side. He was airlifted to 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg, where he was admitted with broken ribs and a broken nose. An emergency operation was carried out, but because Hattingh's chest was severely injured, he lost a vast quantity of blood. His heart apparently stopped during surgery, but doctors managed to resuscitate him. His condition worsened later and he died of internal bleeding |
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