"Armscor zeal behind Helderberg disaster"
Karel
Defence procurement agency Armscor's desperation to help sustain apartheid
led to the Helderberg air disaster, a closed inquiry into the crash heard in
evidence released on Monday.
This was the real story behind the accident that claimed 159 lives in 1987,
expert witness David Klatzlow told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
in 1998.
"Armscor begged, borrowed and stole if necessary any technology it deemed
necessary to the continuation of their holy war."
Klatzlow contended that rocket fuel carried illegally by the Helderberg for
Armscor spontaneously ignited, causing the aircraft to crash into the sea
off the coast of Mauritius in November 1987.
"Armscor, far from being the innovative giant that it claimed to have been,
was on the level of petty criminals when it came to stealing intellectual
property."
www.eep.co.za
2000/08/22
Peter da Silva
Karel <superm...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Defence procurement agency Armscor's desperation to help sustain apartheid
>led to the Helderberg air disaster, a closed inquiry into the crash heard in
>evidence released on Monday.
You know, I started reading this as "Hindenberg" and sort of glossing over
the dates until the clues caught up to me...
It's amazing how credible it all seemed.
--
Rev. Peter da Silva, ULC. WWFD?
"Be conservative in what you generate, and liberal in what you accept"
-- Matthew 10:16 (l.trans)