Air safety in SA comes under sharp scrutiny: This is the question that a specialised oversight agency of the UN seeks to answer during its 12-day visit to audit which will put the country's civil aviation safety system and oversight capabilities under a…
"The International Civil Aviation Organization is currently conducting a 12-day Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme audit of South Africa’s civil aviation safety system and oversight capabilities with the audit concluding on 3 April 2023," read a statement from the SA Civil Aviation Authority .
The audit will also test the efficiency of the oversight responsibility of SACAA, a state-owned organisation responsible regulation and air travel safety in the country and the continent. SA's participation in the audit and requirement to continuously comply with prescribed international civil aviation standards and recommended practices stems from the country being a signatory to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation .
More generally, to reiterate ICAO’s untiring willingness to engage with serve its Member States as we work together now towards the global safety target of zero fatalities by Year 2030.”
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