FlySafair has on Tuesday confirmed that one passenger died at OR Tambo International Airport, while on the process of boarding flight FA200 from Johannesburg to Cape Town International Airport.
According to the airline statement, the passenger collapsed while boarding procedures were under way and paramedics had immediately been called to assist.
“Our airline confirmed that its flight to Cape Town was delayed as well as the return leg, which is FA201. We pass our condolescense to the deceased and feel for those who saw the tragedy-taking place. Police had to aboard the flight in order for the police to do investigations. However, flying remains a safe means of transport”, said the statement.
The Probability of Dying in a Plane Crash or Having a Safe Flight paper, by the Wroclaw University of Technology, authors say the chances of dying on a flight is equivalent to the danger faced while driving about 60 kilometers.
Deutsches Arzteblatt publication stated that from 2012, one medical incident per 10 000 to 40 000 passengers is estimated on intercontinental flight.
