Ethiopian cargo plane crash-lands at Kotoka Airport [Photos]

An Ethiopian cargo plane on Saturday crash-landed at the Kotoka International Airport.

Airport officials say the incident occurred when the aircraft was attempting to land in a bad weather.

Confirming the incident to citifmonline.com, the Corporate Communications Officer of Ghana Airport Company, Newman Quartey, said the incident happened around 11:05am on Saturday.

He said the cargo plane with flight No.  ET -AQV which was on route from Lome [Togo] to Accra, “skidded the runway” while trying to land safely.

He added that  “the crew of three people on board the aircraft all survived the accident and are currently receiving treatment at the 37 military hospital.”

Mr Quartey assured that operations at the airport have normalized, adding that  emergency teams including the Ghana National Fire service, Ghana Armed Forces, NADMO, Ghana Police, National Security, Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and the Ghana Airport Company Limited are currently at the site.

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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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