NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 1595
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: Friday, 18 November 2011
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 17 JUNE 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 17 â 2011)
Mr S B Farrow (DA) asked the Minister of Transport:
(1) What was the (a) date, (b) time, (c) location and (d) total financial
loss, (i) in (aa) 2008, (bb) 2009 and (cc) 2010 and (ii) during the
period 1 January 2011 up to the latest specified date for which
information is available, of aviation hull losses by aircraft
registered in South Africa (aaa) inside and (bbb) outside South
African airspace;
(2) whether investigations were launched into these specified incidents;
if not, why not; if so, what were the main (a) findings and (b)
outcomes of the investigation in each case?
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REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
1) (a), (b), (c) and (d) (i) (aa), (bb) and (cc) and (ii) (aaa) and (bbb)
Please refer to the attached Annexure A for detailed information and
also note that it is unfortunately not possible to estimate the total
financial losses.
(2) Yes, investigations were and are being carried out.
a) The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) found the main
findings to be a combination of the following:
⢠Human related errors (discussion making).
⢠Mechanical failure (component or system).
⢠Training or lack thereof (technical knowledge of the aircraft).
⢠Weather related (Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) into
Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) without rating, et cetera).
b) See the list of recommendations attached as Annexure B.