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State, China To Probe ZAF Chopper Crash
GOVERNMENT will invite experts from China to help establish the cause of the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) helicopter crash at City Airport in Lusaka on Tuesday.
A ZAF pilot, Major Misapa Mukupa died upon arrival at the University Teaching Hospital after he sustained serious injuries while his co-pilot Kenneth Chilolo was treated for minor injuries and discharged.
The accident happened when the crew returned from the Youth Day Celebrations where the three helicopters flew past the Freedom Statue.
Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba said yesterday that the Government would invite experts from China who were the manufacturers of the aircraft to be part of the team that has been constituted to investigate the cause of the accident.
“There is no development yet because as I said yesterday, we have instituted a Board of Inquiry into what caused the crash and results cannot be ready within 24 hours.
“We will need to bring in experts from China who are the manufacturers of that aircraft and so it will take some time,” he said.
Meanwhile, Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has asked Vice-President Guy Scott to issue a ministerial statement by Friday this week on the ZAF helicopter which crashed at City Airport.
This was after UPND Monze central Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu raised a point of order on what led the ZAF chopper to crash.
Dr Matibini ordered Dr Scott to issue a ministerial statement by Friday to clear the air.
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on March 14, 2013. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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ALA
March 14, 2013 at 10:56 am
+MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
Umupandapwiti
March 14, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Now more Tax payers money into the investigation when we all know what caused the crash!!! China + Products = Gong’a.
Fault Finder
March 14, 2013 at 1:19 pm
Save tax payers’ money please. Eye witnesses said the propellers were entangled in the ropes where the flags were tied. Even a kid knows that if the propellers fail to spin at a speed which can defy gravity, the chopper is forced to the ground. What more investigations do you want?
mali
March 14, 2013 at 1:52 pm
if someone takes a lot of masuku, i can assure you that going to the toilet is hell, so investigations for what? our one way of stealing cash atase
t b jo
March 14, 2013 at 1:58 pm
So chinese to com and examine a chinese thing/product. There wil b 1 ans which wil b the chopper was fine n most likly they even giv us a free 1 to kil more pipo..warnin iyoo bana ku ba temwa ama chopper
god sent
March 14, 2013 at 2:11 pm
an inquiry in the post bus crash at chibombo, Yes; but not the crash of a Chinese aircraft when we all know the quality of most of their products, besides which is reported to have entangled its propellers around hanging ropes…ala muleiba, filemoneka nokumoneka
Mpika Munshebwa
March 14, 2013 at 8:07 pm
sad news, may his soul rest in peace.
all bum her
March 15, 2013 at 3:15 am
its high time we buaght them one of those black hawks choppers or better stil the the 1935 kamikaze not these cha-in-her products
Amai tilikuseli
March 15, 2013 at 10:10 am
A complete sign that ZAF is poorly trained why a Major Piloting a Chopper instead of a Private or a Corporal.Which means a Private and a Corporal will never fly those scrap Choppers.
SEKA UPONOKE
March 15, 2013 at 10:39 am
@ Amai tilikuseli,You ***** u re expressing your ignorance,just shut up,where in the world a corporal pilots an aircraft of helicopter,Just go and drink Kachasu
Sunga Itobo
March 15, 2013 at 10:51 am
why can’t they buy Russian or Ukraine Choppers?………Chinese….c’mon now how ****** do you have to get or is it the same old song of lack of funds???
Fakundo
March 15, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Useless investigations indeed.
abaume baume
March 15, 2013 at 5:07 pm
China’s technological capability is last centuries technology. Who even considered acquiring aircraft, rotary or fixed wing from China. Brace yourselves for more fatalities and unexplained accidents.