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WINDHOEK – Investigations into the fatal aircraft accident that claimed three lives outside Prosperita, Windhoek, on Sunday morning went a gear up with the arrival of South African investigators to join their Namibian counterparts in the probe.
A South African company called Aviation at Work based in Pretoria owned the ill-fated aircraft, a Cessna C208B, also known as the Grand Caravan. The pilot was also South African. He died on admission to hospital. He has since been identified as Dhevan Kisten Govender (42). An Angolan company called AirNav was operating the aircraft.
Police identified the other victims as Namibians Christian Enz Schubert (48) and Gernot Zimmermann (19). A Katutura builder Emmanuel Hilukilwa (29) is the only survivor and is nursing injuries in a hospital in Windhoek.
The Directorate of Aircraft Accident Investigations in the Ministry of Works and Transport invited the South African investigators, in line with the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organisation since the aircraft was owned and maintained in South Africa.
Records at the Eros Airport air traffic control tower indicate that the aircraft was cleared for take off at 06h58 on its way to Ondjiva in southern Angola. It was then expected to proceed to Luanda.
Soon after take off, Govender informed the control tower that he was experiencing technical difficulties, shortly before crashing in the open area in Prosperita.
A Namibian builder, who was on board, was thrown out on impact and survived the accident, but sustained serious injuries. He is recovering in hospital and his condition is said to be stable.
The aircraft was carrying an undisclosed amount of cargo comprising mostly of building materials.
The probe will reportedly focus on adherence and compliance to pre-flight checks on the part of the pilot, operator, flight information, and air traffic control among others.
The airworthiness of the aircraft and its components will also come under scrutiny as part of the probe, and so will be the competencies of all those that worked on the aircraft and facilitated its flight including those that loaded the cargo.
The family of the South African pilot, Govender, has described him as a career aviator, who dedicated his life to flying.
In an interview at the crash scene, family representative Dr Kenny Govendrageloo described the crash as shocking and horrific to the family.
Govendrageloo and his wife are in Namibia to help with the positive identification and repatriation of the remains of Govender, who lost his life with two Namibians – a father and son pair.
Govender is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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A South African company called Aviation at Work based in Pretoria owned the ill-fated aircraft, a Cessna C208B, also known as the Grand Caravan. The pilot was also South African. He died on admission to hospital. He has since been identified as Dhevan Kisten Govender (42). An Angolan company called AirNav was operating the aircraft.
Police identified the other victims as Namibians Christian Enz Schubert (48) and Gernot Zimmermann (19). A Katutura builder Emmanuel Hilukilwa (29) is the only survivor and is nursing injuries in a hospital in Windhoek.
The Directorate of Aircraft Accident Investigations in the Ministry of Works and Transport invited the South African investigators, in line with the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organisation since the aircraft was owned and maintained in South Africa.
Records at the Eros Airport air traffic control tower indicate that the aircraft was cleared for take off at 06h58 on its way to Ondjiva in southern Angola. It was then expected to proceed to Luanda.
Soon after take off, Govender informed the control tower that he was experiencing technical difficulties, shortly before crashing in the open area in Prosperita.
A Namibian builder, who was on board, was thrown out on impact and survived the accident, but sustained serious injuries. He is recovering in hospital and his condition is said to be stable.
The aircraft was carrying an undisclosed amount of cargo comprising mostly of building materials.
The probe will reportedly focus on adherence and compliance to pre-flight checks on the part of the pilot, operator, flight information, and air traffic control among others.
The airworthiness of the aircraft and its components will also come under scrutiny as part of the probe, and so will be the competencies of all those that worked on the aircraft and facilitated its flight including those that loaded the cargo.
The family of the South African pilot, Govender, has described him as a career aviator, who dedicated his life to flying.
In an interview at the crash scene, family representative Dr Kenny Govendrageloo described the crash as shocking and horrific to the family.
Govendrageloo and his wife are in Namibia to help with the positive identification and repatriation of the remains of Govender, who lost his life with two Namibians – a father and son pair.
Govender is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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