Civil aviation authority
Civil Aviation Authority hoping to release report on KZN aircraft crash soon
Two people died in Saturday’s accident while on their way to Umkomass Airfield, which is situated along the province's south coast.
The Cessna 172, carrying two people went down on Wednesday night during a training flight.
As operations at SAA, Comair and Mango returned to normal, the CAA said the action was necessary to make sure the aircraft are safe to fly.
The CAA added that two of the findings were serious enough that it advised SAA, Mango and Comair to ground some of its fleet.
Comair and SAA grounded some planes operating between Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Following two days of flight disruptions and aircraft groundings, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said things were now back to normal.
Two weeks ago, reports emerged detailing how a Mango aircraft experienced a fault while travelling from Johannesburg to Cape Town, allegedly due to a counterfeit part fitted by SAA’s technical team.
SAA and Comair have had to ground some planes on Tuesday as a precautionary measure following overnight inspections by the Civil Aviation Authority.
SAA said on Tuesday it had implemented contingency plans to ensure passengers would not be further inconvenienced by the aircraft grounding and ensuing delays. SAA and Comair grounded some planes as a precautionary measure following overnight inspections by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Transport Minister Mbalula said that the grounding of SAA, Comair and some Mango flights was not a crisis.
Comair and SAA have had to ground some planes operating between Cape Town, Joburg and Durban, saying it was a precautionary measure following oversight inspections by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Drone deliveries will begin Down Under following clearance by the Civil Aviation Authority after trials. About 3,000 deliveries were made, allowing regulators to judge the project as safe, leading to the first commercial approval in Australia and one of the first anywhere in the world.
Explosive canine handlers are required by local and international aviation laws and regulations to have specific certifications and competencies which are allegedly not being enforced, putting aircraft and passengers at risk.
Scorpion Risk Services provides dog handlers at ports of entry such as OR Tambo International Airport and Port Elizabeth International Airport, but their staff and dogs have been accused of not being certified.
The airport was downgraded by the South African Civil Aviation Authority in January over its ability to respond to a safety emergency.
The decision was taken due to the airport's sub-standard rescue and firefighting response times, as well as a lack of aerodrome emergency management systems.
The Aviation Authority says the second suspension, in as many months, has been necessitated by concerns over the systemic failure of the airline’s maintenance controls.
The Civil Aviation Authority says a glider is an unpowered type of aircraft that is usually used for sports or recreational activities.
Two British nationals believed to be in their 50s were critically injured in the crash.
The CAA based its decision to revoke CemAir’s operating licence on the fact that the airline did not provide sufficient measures to address shortcomings in its Corrective Action Plan.