Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images An SAA flight meant to collect coronavirus vaccines in Brussels was prevented from taking off this week. The SA Civil Aviation Authority noted compliance issues relating to the correct certification of a non-SAA pilot training facility. The first batch of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines arrived via a TUI airlines aircraft at OR Tambo International Airport late on Tuesday night. A South African Airways (SAA) plane that was supposed to fetch vaccines for SA in Brussels, Belgium, was prevented from departing earlier this week due to not being compliant with civil aviation regulations at the time, according to Captain Grant Back, chairperson of the SAA Pilots Association (SAAPA).