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8th Nov 2002, 08:10
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'Jet thrust hurled my bakkie through the air'
By Zelda Venter
A Boksburg woman is claiming R820 000 in damages from SA Airways after an accident involving a Boeing jet engine.
Emerentia Maria van Rensburg, 44, was at Johannesburg Airport on business, driving her bakkie on a strip next to a runway, when the accident occurred.
She told the Pretoria High Court she was struck by the thrust from the aircraft's engine, which resulted in her vehicle being hurled through the air.
Van Rensburg, who was a manager for a Boksburg company at the time, said as a result she fractured several face bones, broke two ribs, two vertebrae, her left thigh and collar bone. Her broken ribs also perforated both lungs.
She was hospitalised from November 24 to December 19 1998, had received extensive surgery and still has to undergo more surgery.
Van Rensburg claimed that the accident was caused by SAA's negligence. She said its staff must have realised that starting the 747 engine could pose a danger to people nearby.
SAA said Van Rensburg ignored warnings and entered the area to the rear of the engine when she was warned not to do so.
The case was postponed indefinitely.
'Jet thrust hurled my bakkie through the air'
By Zelda Venter
A Boksburg woman is claiming R820 000 in damages from SA Airways after an accident involving a Boeing jet engine.
Emerentia Maria van Rensburg, 44, was at Johannesburg Airport on business, driving her bakkie on a strip next to a runway, when the accident occurred.
She told the Pretoria High Court she was struck by the thrust from the aircraft's engine, which resulted in her vehicle being hurled through the air.
Van Rensburg, who was a manager for a Boksburg company at the time, said as a result she fractured several face bones, broke two ribs, two vertebrae, her left thigh and collar bone. Her broken ribs also perforated both lungs.
She was hospitalised from November 24 to December 19 1998, had received extensive surgery and still has to undergo more surgery.
Van Rensburg claimed that the accident was caused by SAA's negligence. She said its staff must have realised that starting the 747 engine could pose a danger to people nearby.
SAA said Van Rensburg ignored warnings and entered the area to the rear of the engine when she was warned not to do so.
The case was postponed indefinitely.