Full details of former Scottish rugby international Greig Oliver's death ... trends now
Former rugby international Greig Oliver was killed in a horrific paragliding crash by a pilot who showed a 'total disregard' for his passengers safety, an official report said.
The damning Air Accident Investigation into the South African flier said he put Oliver through a series of quick dynamic acrobatic turns the canopy was not certified for.
The 22-year-old pilot's Go Pro camera captured the father-of-two who was in Cape Town to watch his son play rugby for Ireland U-20's screaming out: 'Jesus!'
Just moments before the terrified former Scotland scrum half - said to be 'nervous and tense' before take-off - yelled out in panic the pilot quipped: 'It's going to get crazy!'
He then took the Duet Two paraglider through a series of high speed acrobatic 'wing overs' it had never been designed to carry out as it spiralled downwards quickly.
Moments later, the show-off pilot who was assessed to have not been watching where he was going slammed his paraglider into another glider collapsing the canopy.
Father-of-two Greig Oliver (pictured, left) was in Cape Town to watch his son (pictured, right) play rugby for Ireland U-20's
Three paragliders set off on the fateful day last July
Oliver, 58, and the pilot plunged from 250 metres up towards the Atlantic Ocean below
Oliver died after his pilot left him at the crash site
Another paraglider crashed into the one Oliver was in
Oliver, 58, and the pilot plunged from 250 metres up towards the Atlantic Ocean below as the nylon wing ripped open and a number of vital rigging lines were severed.
The report said the instructor deployed the emergency parachute which inflated before they hit the water and released his own harness and swam himself back to safety.
He left stricken Oliver trapped in his harness unable to free himself and swamped with the weight of the chute and rigging being washed over his body pushing him under.
As the pilot made safely to Rocklands Beach Oliver was trapped helplessly strapped into his seat and harness, being swept towards rocks where he became wedged.
The 30-page report, which was just recently published, into the avoidable accident last July at Sea Point promenade revealed Oliver was put in such a position to make the crash 'unsurvivable'.
It was not until the NSRI lifeboat arrived at the scene that swimmers were deployed and were able to release the lifeless rugby legend from his harness and straps.
The former top player and coach had been trapped below the water line when he was retrieved in the freezing Atlantic waters buffeted by a heavy swell and 7ft waves.
The pair had crash landed 114m from shore and the collision took place at 4.24pm in perfect flying conditions 12 minutes into what should have been a 15m joy-ride.
Oliver was lifted onto rocks and CPR was carried out but it was clear that he was past saving and he was declared dead at the scene and his body taken away by police.
The 30-page report, which was just recently published, into the avoidable accident last July at Sea Point promenade revealed Oliver was put in such a position to make the crash 'unsurvivable'
Oliver was trapped in his harness, unable to free himself and swamped with the weight of the chute and rigging
The small print points out that when taking part there is a risk of serious injury or death
The pair had crash landed 114m from shore and the collision took place at 4.24pm in perfect flying conditions 12 minutes into what should have been a 15m joy-ride
Shockingly despite the tragedy happening over eight months ago the South African authorities have been unable to provide post mortem or toxicology results on Oliver.
It means the actual cause of death remains officially unknown leading the investigation to conclude themselves that Oliver was fatally injured during the accident sequence.
If the post mortem results from the accident in July last year become available and reveal a different cause of death the investigation may have to be reopened.
Oliver was the elite performance officer at Irish club Munster and was in Cape Town to support son Jack, 20, playing for Ireland at the World Rugby U20 Championship.
The tenacious retired scrum half had played in two Rugby World Cups for Scotland before moving into coaching first in Scotland and then moving to Ireland in 2007.
On July 3 last year Oliver and other rugby parents who had flown out to support their sons had decided on a dare-devil trip to Cape Town to paraglide off Signal Hill.
The 15-minute flight costing £75 each was due to see them take off in the afternoon in tandem harnesses strapped to a pilot and land on scenic Sea Point promenade.
But disaster struck as three paragliders that had taken off from the 1,148 feet summit of Signal Hill in light 3 knot winds were seen by a cyclist nearing the landing zone.
He said Oliver's paraglider began doing extreme 'wing overs' spiralling downwards fast with the bodies of the pilot and his passenger spinning higher than the wing.
The witness saw it strike a second paraglider from behind and saw the wing deflate and the reserve chute deploy and called the NSRI as they crashed into the sea.
Fortunately the impacted paraglider being flown by a veteran 62-year-old pilot was able to continue and landed as planned outside The Winchester Mansions hotel.
The report continued: 'The student pilot was an Irish tourist in the country supporting his son was representing Ireland in the Under 20 Rugby World Cup in Cape Town.
The 15-minute flight cost each of the riders £75
'The flight instructor unclipped himself from the seat harness and swam to the shore. However the student was caught between the rocks and could not free himself', the report read
Oliver was lifted onto rocks and CPR was carried out but it was clear that he was past saving
'The flight instructor had a 360-degree portable Go-Pro digital camera that captured the take off-and the sequence of events leading up to the accident after take-off.
'The memory card was confiscated by police for air accident investigators to analyse.
'Paraglider one (Oliver's tandem) is observed performing what are referred to as 'wing overs' exceeding a bank angle of 60 degrees so the occupants are above the wing.
'This constitutes an acrobatic/aerobatic manoeuvre that a Duet Pro paraglider is not designed to perform and it then balloons in an exit climbing towards Paraglider 2.
'Paraglider 1's wing impacts the occupants of Paraglider 2 from behind and the occupants of Paraglider 2 are momentarily wrapped in the fabric of Paraglider 1.
'Paraglider 1's wing fabric tears and separates it from the occupants of Paraglider 2. Consequently Paraglider 1's wing deflates and it could no longer fly or sustain lift.
'The reserve parachute is then deployed prior to impact with the water.
'The manoeuvres performed by the flight instructor of Paraglider 1 were not planned, reduced separation between paragliders, and were deemed reckless and unsafe.'
Damningly the report says that when the paraglider impacted the water both the pilot and passenger were still harnessed into their seats but the pilot freed just himself.
It continues: 'There was no evidence of the instructor retracting the wing or rescuing the student pilot or assisting him to unclip or release his seat safety buckle.
'The flight instructor unclipped himself from the seat harness and swam
