DA requests return of Aviation Amendment Act from President Ramaphosa
11 March 2022
The DA will write to President Cyril Ramaphosa to request the return of the Civil Aviation Act Amendment Bill, which has been submitted for his enactment.
The DA believes particular conditions of this Bill need revision, following the tabling of the report from the Ethiopian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) investigation into the crash of the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) aircraft, Cessna S550 ZS-CAR, tasked to carry out a calibration flight at the George Aerodome on 23 January 2020, before the parliamentary portfolio committee on transport. All three flight crew members died in the crash.
The report was partially released online in January. It is the same partial report – page 56, which contains paragraphs 19 to 30 of the conclusions, is still missing – that has now been tabled before Parliament.
The DA has proposed, and the committee has agreed, to summons the previous Head of Aircraft Investigation, Peter Mashaba, to appear before the committee and give evidence on the investigation.