Aviation authority denies Cronje murder claims

South Africa's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has denied claims that the plane crash that caused Hansie Cronje's death last year could have been due to sabotage. A report in the Observer Sport Monthly had quoted an unnamed CAA investigator as saying that there was reason to believe foul play in the whole matter.

Trevor Abrahams, the commissioner of the CAA, told SABC Radio News: "We are not aware of any such report. I don't know where it comes from and certainly the indication that someone involved in the actual investigation from the CAA made any such statements are not true."