CemAir still grounded, but assures customers it’s working on the problem
The South African Civil Aviation Authority temporarily grounded the carrier last week; the airline says personnel signing off maintenance were ‘qualified’, just not internally authorised
Regional carrier CemAir has apologised to its customers for the disruption of its services following a temporary grounding order imposed by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) last week.Cemair flies from OR Tambo International airport to seven destinations in SA. It operates 12 small jet and turbo-jet aircraft for scheduled and chartered flights. All its aircraft have been affected, including regional flights outside SA.The authority said last week that some of CemAir’s aircraft serviced by the carrier’s maintenance unit had been declared airworthy by "unqualified" personnel, and that if the airworthiness of the aircraft cannot be confirmed this posed "an imminent danger". But a CemAir spokesperson said on Thursday that it was not correct to say the personnel working on the aircraft were unqualified. "All personnel working on our aircraft are highly qualified. The problem was that the personnel who had signed off on the aircraft were not internally authorised by CemAi...
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