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Johannesburg - South Africa faces an “aviation time bomb” according to an expert, who says without proper psychological evaluation for pilots a disaster similar to the Germanwings “suicide crash” could not be far off.

According to the Sunday Times commercial pilots in SA are not required to undergo  psychological evaluation as part of their annual physical check-ups.

Thabani Nkwanyana, a medical examiner at South African Airways, told the newspaper that SA faces an aviation time bomb with the lack of proper psychological assessment and regulations for aircrew.

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