Another return to base

[dudleydick]

These "stories" are being to be churned out by ACSA on a regular basis. Surely as an industry we don't need this. It upsets passengers and potential passengers unnecessarily when the pilot is purely exercising proper standard safety procedures.
Plane makes emergency landing at CT airport
20/11/2007 11:47 - (SA)
Johannesburg - A plane headed for Namibia on Tuesday made an emergency landing at Cape Town International Airport, an hour and 15 minutes after take off, the Airports Company of South Africa said.
Spokesperson Deidre Hendricks said the airport was not affected.
"The plane took off at 08:15, and then had to turn back around - landing at 09:30. All I can say at this stage is that the airport is not affected," she said.
According to reports, several emergency vehicles, including fire engines, waited along the runway for the plane to land.
It is not yet known to which airline the plane belongs.
It is thought that the plane may have encountered technical problems.

[Trawler]

Just heard this on the radio. ACSA once again through the s:mad:t. Aircraft enroute Windhoek experienced a non life threatening malfunction and with minimal engineering support there the decision was made to turn back to have it fixed at its maintenance base. Proper planning to prevent further problems.

[Voel]

The same sh*****t is happening ere as well where the airports company issues press releases which has nothing to do with airport operations at all. They don't bother to contact either the airline, aircraft operator, ATC or the Civil Aviation authority to confirm the facts. The turn-back also made headline news ere, info received via news24.

[freesky]

Made into sensational reports by somebody who wants acceptance.

Most probably somebody eyeing a position on the next board of Directors...

[dudleydick]

It gets even more freaky when the CAA invites the public to report incidents:

Today's offering from News24:

Johannesburg - Two recent incidents - when a plane was delayed due to technical difficulties and when an aircraft was diverted to have a part fitted - were not reported to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), it said on Wednesday.
"Regulations say they must report major incidents... they (airlines) are not required to report all incidents... if they find a minor thing they won't report to us," said CAA spokesperson Phindiwe Gwebu.
On Tuesday, South African Express flight SA 1751 travelling between Cape Town and Windhoek, Namibia returned to the Cape Town airport due to a technical problem.
Also on Tuesday, a Kulula aircraft was delayed due to a technical difficulty in Durban.
Gwebu said she had alerted the CAA's investigation department after receiving queries about the two incidents.
"Incidents happen in the absence of the CAA; we only know about it if they report to us," she said.
The public was able to report incidents to the CAA through its confidential hazard reporting system.
"There are various players when you are talking about safety... there is an element of safety that role players have to take ownership for... everyone is responsible for safety and the CAA plays an overarching role," she said.

[Knormoer]

I mean really! Now all of a sudden everyone jumps onto the "aviation disaster" bandwagon! One Afrikaans newspaper headline after the Kulula that returned was "Three Air disasters in less than a week". Not one pax in all these INCIDENTS was even remotely injured. I guess there wasnt enough murders or hijackings to create the daily thrill for the media!

[Goldfish Jack]

yawn

rolls over and goes back to sleep

[Solid Rust Twotter]

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[Shrike200]

Well, technically the Nationwide event was an accident, because it resulted in 'substantial damage to equipment', unless I'm mistaken. Certainly not 'disasters' as these cretins state though....