SA Navy chief, Monde Lobese, has presented the findings of a board of inquiry into the tragic incident on the SAS Manthatisi submarine.
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The submariners were conducting a vertical transfer from the submarine involving an SA Air Force helicopter when high waves swept the seven crew out to sea. The navy chief said that even if all of the lessons learnt had been implemented and all corrective actions had been done prior to this evolution, there was simply no way to ensure that the outcome would have been different.
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