FlySafair aircraft grounded after two flight diversions
A FlySafair aircraft has been grounded after two flight diversions in the space of a week.
The airline says on both flights last week the captain was alerted to an indication error from a component on the wing after take off.
Spokesperson Kirby Gordon says on both occasions, the same plane was operating flight FA143 from East London to Cape Town.
The flights were diverted to Gqeberha rather than continue to the destination.
Gordon says after the first incident, technicians did checks on the aircraft and found it to be a false warning.
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He says a more comprehensive investigation has now been carried out.
"It performed a test flight this morning and it seems that everything is all in order so we are just waiting for a finalisation of all of the paperwork required and we hope to be able to release the aircraft back into service.
"There has been no interruption to our normal flight schedule as a result of this. We have managed to deploy a backup aircraft so all operations are continuing as per normal."
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