Africa-Press – South-Africa. A British Airways
(BA) flight experienced technical difficulties with its landing gear on arrival
at Cape Town International Airport only days after flights were grounded amid
safety concerns.
The same aircraft
experienced landing gear difficulties in February.
On Saturday, BA6324
flight had trouble landing in Cape Town after experiencing “a landing gear
warning indication”, said BA in a statement.
The plane was
travelling from Gqeberha.
“We confirm that
following a landing gear warning indication on BA6324 on final approach from
Gqeberha [PLZ] to Cape Town International Airport [CPT], the pilot performed
standard safety checks, and once the correct reading was achieved a normal
landing was carried out,” the statement added.
The landing
difficulties resulted in a 15-minute delay.
The latest incident
comes only a month after a BA flight from East London to Johannesburg was
forced to make an emergency landing. BA confirmed it was the same aircraft in
both instances.
Faulty landing gear forces BA
flight from East London to Joburg to make an emergency landing
The flight had 111
passengers on board when it was forced to land at the Eastern Cape airport due
to faulty landing gear on 20 February.
Saturday’s incident
comes only days after BA and kulula.com flights, both operated by Comair, returned
to the air.
The SA Civil Aviation
Authority (SACAA) withdrew the company’s Air Operators’ Certificate after an
audit into its compliance with civil aviation regulations. The audit followed a
spate of occurrences that posed safety risks by kulula.com and BA.
The inspection was
also aimed at reviewing Comair’s safety management systems and quality control
management system to establish compliance related to the reporting, analysis
and follow-up on occurrences, and corrective action plans to prevent a
recurrence.
The SACAA ruled
flights could resume on Thursday morning.
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