{"id":60312,"date":"2014-10-28T18:30:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=60312"},"modified":"2014-10-28T22:18:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T22:18:52","slug":"two-injured-as-starbow-airline-makes-emergency-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=60312","title":{"rendered":"Two injured as Starbow airline makes emergency landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two people are reported injured after a Takoradi bound Starbow aircraft made an emergency landing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plane made a flapless landing after a hydraulic fault was detected by the pilot, and injuring\u00a0 some passengers in the process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incident happened around 4pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60329\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10670019_10152744909315973_147053522053971446_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60329 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10670019_10152744909315973_147053522053971446_n.jpg\" alt=\"Starbow emergency landing\" width=\"526\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10670019_10152744909315973_147053522053971446_n.jpg 526w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10670019_10152744909315973_147053522053971446_n-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the passengers after the emergency landing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Affected persons were rushed to the airport clinic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60332\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing.jpg\" alt=\"starbow plane emergency landing\" width=\"718\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing.jpg 718w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Chief Executive Officer of Starbow, Mr Eric. Antwi confirming the incident to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0said \u201cwith this hydraulic failure\u201d they couldn\u2019t continue the journey hence making an emergency landing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said because of the high speed ramps at the airport, there were fumes from the tyres but the fire service quickly rushed to the scene to return things to normalcy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60336\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-5.jpg\" alt=\"starbow plane emergency landing 5\" width=\"718\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-5.jpg 718w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-5-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn doing so we made sure everybody was safe we had to do evacuation. Everybody was ok just that we had two passengers that were slightly injured which is under control now. It was just bruises. I\u2019m sure they will probably be discharged today or tomorrow,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Eric Antwi\u00a0however apologized for the incident.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cwe actually work diligently before we take off making sure our flights are in good condition before we fly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There were reportedly about 77 passengers on board.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60337\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-4.jpg\" alt=\"starbow plane emergency landing 4\" width=\"718\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-4.jpg 718w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-4-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/08\/11\/starbow-denies-aircraft-catching-fire-in-air\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>second time<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>the Starbow airline has recorded such an incident.<\/p>\n<p>On August 9, 2014, a Kumasi bound Starbow aircraft was forced to land shortly after taking off because\u00a0it developed a fault mid-air.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60340\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing1.jpg\" alt=\"starbow plane emergency landing\" width=\"718\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing1.jpg 718w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing1-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some passengers who were on board said they were left traumatized after the plane on which they were travelling allegedly caught fire mid-flight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60342\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-2.jpg\" alt=\"starbow plane emergency landing 2\" width=\"668\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-2.jpg 668w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/starbow-plane-emergency-landing-2-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweitey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two people are reported injured after a Takoradi bound Starbow aircraft made an emergency landing. The plane made a flapless landing after a hydraulic fault was detected by the pilot, and injuring\u00a0 some passengers in the process. The incident happened around 4pm on Tuesday. \u00a0Affected persons were rushed to the airport clinic. The Chief Executive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43,38],"class_list":["post-60312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}