The Ministry of Transport will today make public, the preliminary report of what led to the crash landing of an Ethiopian cargo plane at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Saturday 10th January, 2015.
[contextly_sidebar id=”o6TUhbhesIqx3gGrXkgXSHcJbxSSwo3b”]The ministry set up a seven-member committee whose mandate was to investigate and establish the cause of the accident, determine the extent of injuries as well as ascertain the extent of loss or damage to property following investigations into the crash.
The committee was also expected to consider issues relevant to safety at the airport, and to make recommendations to forestall any such future occurrences.
The committee was chaired by Captain Samuel Thompson.
Other members include Ben Asare Buotu, a retired Safety Inspector, Kenneth Kwakume, a retired Air Traffic Controller and Amos Narh, a retired staff of the Ghana Meteorological Service among others.
The rest are Chris Quaye, a retired Director of Airport Operations, Josephine Nkrumah, a legal expert and Wing Commander Joseph Adu Gyamfi of the Ghana Air Force.
By: Rabiu Alhassan /citifmonline.com/Ghana