/ 28 August 2021

Meet the daring South African pilot who saved displaced Afghan people

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Captain Neil Steyl and his wife, Lizanne, with the mercy-flight Boeing 727, nicknamed “Irene”, in the background. The couple both work for Safe Air Company in Nairobi.

Captain Neil Steyl, from Cape Town, and his crew from Safe Air Company have been based at Kulob for a month, assisting the Americans with evacuating both people and equipment.

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