SACAA releases report on fatal Ballito aircraft crash Updated
Nushera Soodyal
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The South African Civil Aviation Authority has released a preliminary report on last month s aircraft crash in Ballito.
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The pilot and passenger, Leon Meiring were both killed when the microlight came down - after taking off from the Ballito Microlight School.
Meiring from Mpumalanga had been on holiday.
The CAA says the pilot and the passenger took off on a 30-minute introductory flight.
It says officials at Ballito Microlights went searching for the aircraft when it didn t return.
WATCH: Aircraft engine explodes during flight Updated
El Broide
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This is the last thing you want to see when looking out
of the window on a plane…
Yikes! Passengers aboard a United Airlines flight which
took off from Denver International Airport on Saturday had a terrifying
experience as one of the plane’s engines exploded and caught alight mid-flight.
It has been revealed that the Boeing 777’s engine suffered “catastrophic
failure over Denver”, with debris from the engine explosion
plummeting down and has reportedly been seen over Northern Colorado.
The plane, which was en route to Hawaii when the explosion