The many failures of the flight that fetched SA’s vaccines

It was the loud and fast departure of the South African Airways (SAA) flight SA6273 from Brussels Airport on the night of 26 February with a consignment of precious vaccines on board that apparently proved to be the cherry on the top of a much-criticised mission. 

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