The South African Civil Aviation Authority has cleared the air on the supposedly hijacked SA Airlink plane which disappeared from its controls mid day today.
Officials at the Authority said that the plane had actually not been hijacked but the system within the Air Traffic Control at Capetown airport sent a hijack signal to the controllers leading
to the panic.
The signal is said to have immediately reflected the plane as disappeared from the Capetown airport radar. However, the captain in the plane managed to safely land the plane at
Wonderboon airport in Pretoria with all seventy two (72) passengers on board.
The authorities have promised to give a detailed statement in due course.
Some relatives of passengers who were on board have commended the authority for not rushing to publish information on the supposed hijacking before obtaining full information.
“It would have been disastrous on the part of the CAA had they quickly confirmed the plane as hijacked before really assuring themselves that the plane had indeed been hijacked, it was
good for them to keep calm and not raise panic on us relatives on the ground,” said a relative speaking on a South African radio station.
ZimEye.com earlier today broke the news of the “hijacked” plane following information from reliable sources on the ground at the two airports.
(culled from www.zimeye.net)
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