A Congolese national has again appeared before Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of forging a South African commercial pilot’s licence.
Onoya Ngandu (33) was arrested following an anonymous alert to the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA).
According to SACAA preliminary investigations revealed Ngandu allegedly used the forged South African commercial pilot’s licence to get a revalidation of a commercial pilot’s licence issued by the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Civil Aviation Authority.
He was arrested in Kempton Park while trying to conduct a simulator training in order to keep his fraudulent DRC-issued commercial pilot’s licence valid.
If convicted, the accused could face a monetary penalty of up to R50 000, or a ten-year imprisonment term, or both.
“SACAA is working closely with the DRC Civil Aviation Authority on the case,” said SACAA’s director of civil aviation, Poppy Khoza.
He will again appear in court on Tuesday next week.
