The South African (SA) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says the aviation sector is equipped to manage changing weather conditions affecting parts of the country.<\/p>\n
Inclement weather continues to impact the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape provinces , with strong winds and heavy rain reported in several areas.<\/p>\n
CAA Executive Poppy Khoza says the aviation system is designed to operate under complex conditions.<\/p>\n
Khoza says, \u201cCivil aviation is built around those complexities, including adverse weather conditions and so on, but the system is designed equally to withstand and\/or have an ability to navigate within those complexities.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things that I can say is that when the weather is adverse such that an aircraft is unable to take off, the pilot is able to take a decision, assisted by the air navigation service provider and, in this instance ants, so there are a lot of checks and balances in the system that are built to ensure that aircraft when they navigate through these adverse weather patterns, they do so safely,\u201d Khoza adds.<\/p>\n
Khoza was speaking on the sidelines of the 2026 National Aviation Conference in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
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