SA grounds Boeing 737's
10/11/2007 14:39  - (SA)  

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Johannesburg - Airports Company SA (Acsa) has grounded Boeing 737 200's throughout South African airports to conduct safety checks, SABC news reported on Saturday.

This action comes after a Nationwide Boeing 737 carrying 106 passengers had to make an emergency landing at Cape Town International on Wednesday after an engine fell off during take-off.

Acsa airport operations director Bongani Maseko told SABC news that the company had received instructions to ground the planes from the Civil Aviation Authority.

"All boeings must go for a check for the mounting of the engines. [The Civil Aviation Authority] have asked that by the end of business today we start helping them to ensure that all of the Nationwide aircrafts adhere to that.

"The directive also says all the other airlines must have implemented the check for the mounting of the engines by Monday."

- SAPA

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