South Africa Authorities Halt Flights of State-Run SA Express Over Safety

South Africa Authorities Halt Flights of State-Run SA Express Over Safety
Passengers alight from a South African Airways at George Airport in the Western Cape, South Africa. Dec. 14, 2017. Picture taken December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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JOHANNESBURG—South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) said on Thursday it had suspended all flights of state-run airline SA Express over safety concerns.

The decision comes after Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday that he had appointed an “intervention team” to help at the troubled airline, which has lost several executive managers who have been suspended over graft allegations.