The search continues for a crashed helicopter

Indications are that the helicopter that crashed into the sea off Buffels Bay at Cape Point on Tuesday was a civilian aircraft and not a military helicopter. Reports that a trainee pilot was alone on the craft before it went down could not yet be confirmed, but eyewitnesses say the helicopter appeared to summersault in the air before crashing into the ocean. Craig Lambinon of the National Sea Rescue Institute confirmed that an Air Force helicopter was in the area and immediately started searching after the crash. Navy and police divers, other emergency services and naval vessels are helping in the search.