A South African Air Force Oryx helicopter, serial 1236 from 22 Squadron, crashed on the N1 highway near Cape Town, South Africa after flying into newly-erected and unmarked cables stretched across a Du Toitskloof mountain valley. The route is one often taken by air force helicopter crews returning from the Touwsrivier training area and is within a designated military low-flying and mountain rescue training zone, FAD 159. All three crew and five passengers on board survived with the commander fracturing two lumbar vertebrae and the others receiving only minor injuries. [source]
While the fuselage remains largely intact, it’s unlikely that it will be economical to return the aircraft to flight. This leaves the SAAF with 38 remaining Oryx helicopters in its fleet.