Poorly-maintained Air Namibia scissor-lift collapsed while overloaded

By David Kaminski-Morrow2020-11-03T08:01:00

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Source: Namibia ministry of works and transport

Investigators in Namibia have concluded that poor maintenance of a scissor-lift passenger assistance vehicle, and possibly its overloading, resulted in its collapsing during disembarkation of an Air Namibia aircraft at Windhoek.

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