International flights to be escorted before take-off

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

All international flights out of Cape Town International Airport after sunset will be escorted while taxying to the runway before take-off.

It follows an incident in August when a man last seen climbing over the airport fence was found dead in a British Airways plane in London.

He had apparently run towards a runway threshold where the plane was in its holding position, ready for take-off.

Airport spokesperson Deidre Davids says international flights will have a security patrol vehicle driving behind them, with a clear line of sight of the undercarriage.

She says the security presence on the airport's perimeter fence has also been strengthened.