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@JamesDa10599361 @ginnydmm No need to spend money on the kind of upgrades that would be required to accommodate an A320 at Saldhana. AFB LBWG has ILSs, a choice of runways. With air-stairs, ground power & busses, it could handle these kinds of diversions. A few yrs ago a Kulula plane diverted there.

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@Princewangui Not a “crash landing”. It’s a right-hand undercarriage failure and it occurred AFTER touchdown, during the roll-out and at a relatively low speed.

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@AngeloCoppolaSA Fly high with your namesakes, Angelo! Strength and light to your family and many loved ones.

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@OnDisasters "ZU" is South African, not Zambian. It's the prefix for planes on the country's non-type certified aircraft (NTCA) register.

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@addisstandard Which news reports said ET has entered into wet-leases with Russia? All of the credible reports, eg. ch-aviation, cite Ethiopia's CAA saying it received an official Russian proposal for wet leases and would study it. Odd that the CAA has now removed its statement.

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@SANDF_ZA "animals"???

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@SANDF_ZA Big deal, so the Generals had a meeting (and by the looks of it, it was very casual). But how about telling us what they resolved to do about arresting the SAAF's rapid loss of capability and relevance!

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@SABCNews What does he - or your former reporter - know? Both of them were last on the front line in the D.R.C. years ago when the ground forces still enjoyed air cover and when they were not effectively being held hostage. Stop drinking from the kool-aid!!!!

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@SAWeatherServic That's good, but what are those alternatives for getting a METAR and a TAF? And where should we be looking for them?

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@SANDF_ZA In particular, what did they say about arresting the collapse of SA's military and defence capabilities and ensuring the SANDF has a budget that enables it to fulfil its mandate properly and not just turn up for ceremonial duties?

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@SANDF_ZA Some details on the substance would be good. That they all sat around a boardroom table to talk means nothing. What did they say?

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@HonAkalSimba Wrong aeroplane! It’s not Adani’s and not a jet.

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@EdwardthembaSa https://t.co/3majmeW3jA

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@PeterDermauw @EdwardthembaSa https://t.co/3majmeW3jA

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@EdwardthembaSa Damage from the bush fire confined to a portion of the thatch roof of the terminal building. Some water damage from efforts to extinguish the fire. Flights are operating on schedule with a temporary arrivals/departures facility set up in the car park.

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@GautengHealth @GautengProvince @HealthTshwane @WestRandHealth @EkurhuleniDist1 @Healthjhb @SedibengHealth @HaniAcademic @BhekiDistrict @CharlotteMaxJAH @HelenJosephHos Your manufactured outrage is totally misplaced. Dont shoot the messenger. Just fix the hospital and call the cops to arrest the crooks who stole and misused the money allocated for providing safe and dignified care!

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@ClaysonMonyela @DenelSOC Hi Clayson - If @DenelSOC hasn't produced audited financials, how can you be certain? Are they telling you it is making an "operating profit"? Or is it a dinkum bottom-line profit? Beware false profits (and prophets)!

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@LisaCrossley101 Rules or not, what happened to ethics and all those pledges of clean governance? While it could be expected of the MKP, this appointment is a slap in the face by Parliament for everyone else.

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@DeanMacpherson Wasn't corruption-busting "Aunty Pat" in charge of minding the shop during part of this period? How come she didn't pick it up?

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@RonFilipkowski Yuk!!! I cannot believe McLaren and the FIA would sully their reputations by trying to ingratiate itself with that guy. If you want to invite a President, invite the sitting one and tick the protocol box.