{"id":81134,"date":"2015-01-10T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=81134"},"modified":"2015-01-10T17:51:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T17:51:12","slug":"ethiopian-cargo-plane-crash-aviation-authority-begins-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=81134","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Authority begins investigations into crash-landing incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has begun investigations into circumstances that led to the crash-landing of an Ethiopian cargo plane at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;fe81St6jUXuclnQoSy2PbBI18SCvMSin&#8221;]The Ethiopian cargo plane which came into the country from Lome [Togo] <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/10\/ethiopian-cargo-airline-crash-lands-at-kotoka-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>crash-landed at the KIA in Accra<\/strong><\/a><\/span> on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Corporate Communications Officer of Ghana Airport Company, Newman Quartey the plane \u201cskidded off the runway\u201d while trying to land safely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though the cause of the accident is not yet known, some have\u00a0attributed it to bad weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the three persons who <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/10\/ethiopian-cargo-plane-crash-3-rushed-to-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>who were sent to the 37 military hospital for treatment<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>have been discharged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a statement released by the GCAA, while operations are normal and all flights are operating on schedule, \u201cthe Civil Aviation Authority has commenced initial investigations find the cause of the accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/crashed-ethiopian-plane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-81084\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/crashed-ethiopian-plane.jpg\" alt=\"crashed ethiopian plane\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/crashed-ethiopian-plane.jpg 440w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/crashed-ethiopian-plane-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81051\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ehtiopion-cargo-airline-crash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81051 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ehtiopion-cargo-airline-crash.jpg\" alt=\"ehtiopion cargo airline crash\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ehtiopion-cargo-airline-crash.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ehtiopion-cargo-airline-crash-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weather condition at the Kotoka International Airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ehtiopion-cargo-airline-crash-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-81050\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ehtiopion-cargo-airline-crash-4.jpg\" alt=\"ehtiopion cargo airline crash (4)\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ehtiopion-cargo-airline-crash-4.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ehtiopion-cargo-airline-crash-4-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var 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[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;fe81St6jUXuclnQoSy2PbBI18SCvMSin&#8221;]The Ethiopian cargo plane which came into the country from Lome [Togo] crash-landed at the KIA in Accra on Saturday morning. 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