South Africa’s biggest airport closes a runway after fire

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South Africa’s biggest airport closes a runway after fire

Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport was forced to close one of its runways after dry grass caught fire and “spilled over from the adjacent community within the airport precinct,” it said via Twitter.

 

[My_King]

LoL so which one was it

Johannesburg's or the tambo's airport?

 

[Brian_G]

Once watched a private jet land without its nose gear at Lanseria, no fire can beat that

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

nice to see something functions in this country, and they close down a Runway and send out notices.

I was imagining they send Sipho out with a Fire extingusher and say deal with it.

 

[RonSwanson]

Why don't they maintain the grass? Who runs an International Airport with a fire hazard for a runway, or an "adjacent community"?
Ah yes, ACCSA, enough said.

 

[WollieVerstege]

Why don't they maintain the grass? Who runs an International Airport with a fire hazard for a runway, or an "adjacent community"?
Ah yes, ACCSA, enough said.
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Just be lucky no one wondering over the runway looking for fire wood has been run over by a plane yet

 

[Paul_S]

Why don't they maintain the grass? Who runs an International Airport with a fire hazard for a runway, or an "adjacent community"?
Ah yes, ACCSA, enough said.
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Because of this:

Johannesburg - Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) is at the centre of a multimillion-rand tender believed to be well over R40 million that is said to have been rigged from the onset.

According to insiders, Acsa recently appointed a new vegetation control and grass-cutting service provider at OR Tambo International Airport after the contract of a previous company came to an end. However, the company that was appointed, Themba Qongo, is said to have been a shelf company which was in the process of deregistration when it was awarded the contract.

https://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/news/africa/acsa-in-multimillion-rand-tender-row-5a84861e-cf11-4423-b915-1e58fa09174e

 

[RonSwanson]

Because of this:

Johannesburg - Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) is at the centre of a multimillion-rand tender believed to be well over R40 million that is said to have been rigged from the onset.

According to insiders, Acsa recently appointed a new vegetation control and grass-cutting service provider at OR Tambo International Airport after the contract of a previous company came to an end. However, the company that was appointed, Themba Qongo, is said to have been a shelf company which was in the process of deregistration when it was awarded the contract.

https://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/news/africa/acsa-in-multimillion-rand-tender-row-5a84861e-cf11-4423-b915-1e58fa09174e

Ah!

Grass cutting is an essential service which manages wildlife at the national key point to prevent bird strikes and debris from being ingested into aircraft engines, which could have catastrophic results including the loss of human lives. Despite its importance, sources claim that has not happened since the company was appointed, allegedly due to it being under-resourced.
“This essential service has not been performed for the whole month of July and August as the new contractor is under-resourced and requires assistance from Acsa to perform its duties. No handover was performed when the previous contract came to an end,” the insider added.
Acsa spokesperson Gopolang Peme did not respond to questions sent via email and WhatsApp.

It's our time to eat, even if it means closing down the busiest airport in Africa for a few days. ANC thieves yet again.

 

[rvZA]

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

^^^ okay, that looks like a serious blaze, I do hope those aircraft that were burned were actually decommissioned, and not due to fly anytime soon.
bet the smell would never go out of the Aircon,