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AFFIDAVITl, MAFTHTNUSEWETJACOBS,D 550605 051008, esiding t No 7 OleaCresenl,MornlngHillBedford lew, eingan adultmaledo hereby oluntarilyeclare nderoathas follows:

I was he Manageror Talwanor,southAfrican irways ndwasstationedn Taipei,romMarch19g7 ntilDecember 990. Thisatfidavitelateso the'Helderberg'accidentn28 November987.

SAA onveyedumerousonsignm6ntsf ropical{ishrornTaipelto ohannesburguringmy term of employmentn Taipei. All shipments riginatedrom Singapore nd wereshlpped iaTaipeio Johannesburg.The ishwerecor'rveyedn transparenteavy utyplastic ags,partiallyilledwithwater o whlchenough ur6oxygen o last or hedurationof ha light, adbeenadded. Thebagswere hensealed ndplacodn cardboard oxes,labelled nd conveyed s livestock. All relevant AAregulations ith regard o theconveyancef ivestock ad o becomplied ithprior o ivestockeing ccepted s cargo.ln termsof thesaid egulationst was mportanthatal l ivestock e declared s ivestockon the cargomanifest, nd hat he captain f the flightwas o be notified y way of theloadsheet hich equired is signature, efore eparture f a flight. All conslgnmentsftropicalishwere o be oadedn thepressurisedargohold5 (bulkhold)as wasstandardforal l ivestock,withheexceptibn f large nimals, hichwere o be oaded n the upperdeckof the7478Combiaircratt).

Talpei irportmoves ons of live ish,especiallyiveeels, o Japan. All shipments repacked nd oaded sdescribed bove. Anyshipment f live ishnotpacked nd oadedasabove, ould mmediatetyavearoused uspicionnd wouldhave een nformed.

I am in possession f a copy of the original argomanifest nd oadsheet f the ll'fated'Helderberg'and tropicalfish'doeenotappear n anyof he documents.

The cargo manifest ad never gone missirtg' the originalmanifeslwas aboard heHeldorb6rg,ut at least15 copies, swasstandard AAprocedure efore eparture f aflight,wasmade.

Despatcherserevisitedo verify hat he nature f tlrecargo ransported as ndeedasindlcatedn thecargomanifest.

I waspersonally t Taipeiairporton the ovening f 27 November 987 o oversee re 'departureormalities,swas henormal ractisen tho ineof my dutiea.At approximately20:00,was rrformedyCathayPacific irways taf{,hat heir lighlsromSeoul ndTokyoweredelayed ue o fog at Taipei irporl. Both lightsweredivertedo Khaoshiungirportandwereoxpectedo irrive n Taipei t 21:00. lthen establishedhatwe had n excessof S0 connecting assengersn those wo flightsand declded,n the interest f SAApassengers,o obtain ermissionromCaptainUys o delayour light. I sawCaptainUys

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andhiscockpit rew n theOperations oomat he airportwhereheywere eceivingheirpre-flightriefing hich ncluded eathereports,lightplan nformationtc,anddiscussedwith him the request or a possible elay. He agreed hat he numberof connectingpassengers, ore han50,warranted delay, ut of no more han2 hours.At nostage idCaptain ysexpress nyconcern bout hecargoor anything n board heHelderberg. In fact he told me that he had boughta bicycle n Taipei or his child orChristmas.He also old me that he would ike o visitAustralian March1988, nd askedmy assistancen gettinghim a ticket romHongKong o Sydney. At no stagedid hemention r appear o be concerned boutanything n board he light. I againsawhimin thecockpit oonbefore eparture, hilehe wassigninghe oadsheet,nd he did notmention r showanyconcernwhatsoeverboutcargoor anything lseon board.I saidgoodbyeo themandclosed hedoorof the aircraft.The light hendeparted.

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I HAVEREAD HISSTATEMENTND UNDERSTANDTSCONTENTS.I HAVENOOBJECTIONO TAKING HEPRESCRIBEDATH.I CONSIDERHEOATH OBEBINDING N MYCONSCIENCE.I SWEAR HATTHECONTENTS F THISSTATEMENTS TRUE, O HELPMEGOD.

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