Flights to Cape Town were unable to land on Tuesday morning due to technical issues at the Cape Town International Airport, which grounded some planes and caused others to be diverted.
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) confirmed that flights were delayed due to a fibre network fault that affected its landing system, which meant that the necessary instrument landing technology was not available to land planes in the heavy fog that hit Cape Town on Tuesday, 18 April.
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According to News24, ACSA confirmed that the fog lifted and flights were resumed just before 10am.
A CemAir flight to Cape Town was forced to return to Johannesburg, and the airline’s CEO, Miles van der Molen, stated that other flights would be delayed until the weather in Cape Town improved.
He also emphasised the significant additional cost this imposes on airlines, as reported by News24.
Airlink CEO Rodger Foster confirmed that several flights were delayed due to fog in Cape Town and George on Tuesday morning.
LIFT flights into Cape Town were also hampered, and at least one SAA flight was forced to return to Johannesburg due to the inability to land in Cape Town.
International flights were also affected, according to reports.
ACSA advised passengers to contact their airlines and check for regular updates on ACSA’s mobile app, and it apologised to all airport users and travellers for the inconvenience.
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