A Horror at King Shaka Airport as passengers are told of tragedy. A Zululand (South Africa) family reported from King Shaka International Airport in Durban this morning that their daughter’s FlySafair flight was cancelled after airline cleaning staff found a fetus in a toilet cistern on board the aircraft.
21 June 2019 (Zululand Observer)
Their daughter was traveling alone from Durban to Johannesburg’s OR Thambo Airport on the 6.10am flight.
‘We saw her off safely and she boarded the plane, after which we left her gate to check in to our flight,’ said Wayne Viviers of Mtunzini.
‘While we were checking in to our international flight we saw her walking back towards the FlySafair offices.
She explained that shortly before take-off the pilot came over the intercom to announce that a fetus had been found in the toilet cistern, and that the plane was now a ‘crime scene’.
All the passengers deplaned and were rerouted onto other flights.
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Local airline FlySafair has confirmed that a foetus was discovered in a toilet of one of its aircraft at Durban’s King Shaka International Airport on Friday morning.
According to the airline, a flight scheduled to take off for Johannesburg at 6.15am had to be grounded after its technical crew discovered what appeared to be an abandoned foetus on the plane.
KwaZulu-Natal Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) spokesperson Colin Naidoo said the foetus was discovered in a toilet.
FlySafair’s head of sales and distribution, Kirby Gordon, said police were working on the plane.
All passengers had been put on alternative flights. “We were able to put passengers on other Safair flights, as well as on flights with other carriers that we have agreements with,” said Gordon.
“We will be doing everything within our power to aid authorities in the necessary investigations and thank our loyal customers for their patience with the delay,” he added.
KZN police did not respond to queries.
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