S. African Aviation Authority Orders Inspection on Boeing Aircraft

S. African aviation authority orders inspection on Boeing aircraft

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — South Africa’s Civil AviationAuthority (CAA) has ordered local airlines to carry out inspections on Boeing 737-200 aircraft following an engine accident last week.

Twelve planes have been cleared to fly and 20 were either beinginspected or the authority was awaiting the reports on them, CAA spokeswoman Phindiwe Gwebu said on Monday.

The inspections were ordered by the authority after a Boeing aircraft of Nationwide, a domestic airline, lost an engine during take-off and had to make an emergency landing at Cape Town International Airport last Wednesday.

Nationwide had submitted reports on inspections conducted on seven of their aircraft — three met the CAA’s requirements while four others complied with 90 percent of the requirements, the SAPAnews agency reported.

Nationwide would have to report back to the CAA in two weeks onthe outstanding requirements.

The authority had received confirmation that inspections had been conducted on two aircraft of South African Airways, the national flag carrier. They were waiting for the reports from the airline.

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