Hawks receive board of inquiry report on Kommetjie submarine tragedy, family still in the dark

Hawks receive board of inquiry report on Kommetjie submarine tragedy, family still in the dark

The SA Navy has handed the Hawks a copy of the board of inquiry report into the 2023 submarine accident that claimed the lives of three submariners.

Hawks handed SAS Manthatisi BoI report - defenceWeb

The SA Navy (SAN), an official statement has it, is “assisting” the SA Police Service (SAPS) Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), better known as the Hawks, with investigations into a submarine incident nearly two years ago that claimed three lives. The statement, issued by Commander Theo Mabina, Acting Senior Staff Officer Naval Public Relations on 8 July, has it the specialist investigators were given a copy of the board of inq…