Investigations begin into Starbow plane incident

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority is set to begin investigations into circumstances under which a Starbow airline overshot its runway at Tamale Airport, Tuesday.

There were no casualty but passengers were left in shock and trepidation, Joy News has learnt.

A passenger who prefers to remain anonymous sent Joy News this text on the incident : “Scary… was on the flight…sickening experience…Pilot overshot runway…brakes probably failed…front tyres broke into cockpit…airline broke through runway boulders…worst of this, we disembark and national security and armed forces are preventing us from taking pictures”.

But according to a statement from the airline, the aircraft went through the barricade at the end of the run way and stopped.

Deputy Director General, Technical at the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, Martei Boi Atoklo says a team of civil aviation experts are heading to Tamale to pick evidence and initiate investigation into the incident.

He said the aircraft was taken through routine examination before it started the journey and that “this is an unfortunate situation”.

The Tamale airport is still open to air traffic, Mr Atoklo said.

Joy News correspondent Hashmin Mohammed says the Vice President, Kwesi Amissah Arthur and some officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) have been to the airport to access the situation.

Hashmin spoke to the Member of Paliament for Tamale North Alhassan Dramani, who was on the plane and according to him passengers are traumatised.

A new aircraft has been sent to Tamale to convey passengers back to Accra

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