The Angolan Embassy has apologised for landing a charter aircraft at the Cape Town International Airport without the relevant Foreign Operator’s Permit, or FOP.
An investigation by the South Africa Civil Aviation Authority has found the aircraft to be in contravention of the Chicago Convention, which regulates international air travel.
The Department of Transport, the International Air Services Council and the Angolan authorities are in talks on the way forward.Spokesperson for the National Transport Department, Lwazi Khoza, says an investigation by the South African Civil Aviation Authority found that the crew have relevant passports and are suitably licensed and that the Aircraft is in an airworthy state with all the relevant documentation.
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