14 March 2020 1 Min Read
Flight from Wuhan to SA is 'airborne', will arrive on Saturday
in News by GRAEME HOSKEN
- SAA chief pilot Capt Vusi Khumalo and senior first officer Jacob Setlhake ahead of departure from Wuhan to South Africa on Friday night. They are the cockpit crew who will be repatriating 121 South Africans from the coronavirus epicentre.
- SAA nursing staff Sister Karen Versfeld ahead of the flight from Wuhan to South Africa.
- SAA chief pilot Capt Vusi Khumalo, senior first officers Munzhedzi Machaba and Jacob Setlhake, and Capt Bruce Finlay ahead of the flight from Wuhan to South Africa.
- The cabin crew who will be manning the flight from Wuhan to South Africa.
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The 121 South Africans who were stranded in Wuhan by the global coronavirus pandemic are en route home.
FlightRadar shows that SAA flight ZS-SND took off at about 9pm from Wuhan airport in China.
The flight is expected to land in South Africa on Saturday.
Speaking to TimesLIVE at 9.45pm on Friday, SAA spokesman Tlali Tlali confirmed that the crew was "airborne".
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