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May 25, 01, 11:22 am
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said random inspections of aircraft about to take off revealed that some companies violated laws on overloading.
The inspections were undertaken after the CAA found a Piper Chieftain aircraft crashed minutes after takeoff in December 1999 because one of its engines failed and it was overloaded.
Presenting a final report on the crash, CAA CEO Trevor Abrahams said the plane, carrying a pilot and nine passengers to Namibia, might have been able to return to the runway had it not been too heavy. "We are presently tabling a penalty system to assist us in the enforcement of overloading rules," he said.
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The inspections were undertaken after the CAA found a Piper Chieftain aircraft crashed minutes after takeoff in December 1999 because one of its engines failed and it was overloaded.
Presenting a final report on the crash, CAA CEO Trevor Abrahams said the plane, carrying a pilot and nine passengers to Namibia, might have been able to return to the runway had it not been too heavy. "We are presently tabling a penalty system to assist us in the enforcement of overloading rules," he said.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200105250088.html