{"id":157794,"date":"2015-10-07T06:23:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T06:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=157794"},"modified":"2015-10-07T06:25:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T06:25:46","slug":"flights-to-tamale-not-affected-by-starbow-accident-gcaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/flights-to-tamale-not-affected-by-starbow-accident-gcaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Flights to Tamale not affected by Starbow accident \u2013 GCAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has noted that air flight activities to and from Tamale in the Northern Region have been interrupted because of the accident involving a Starbow plane earlier today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;sHG6qpKrKp6gMsQBZ4fWNZrkNYm8FOFi&#8221;]Speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the Deputy Director of GCAA, Abdulai Alhassan said they are at the place investigating the cause of the accident and they will relay their findings to the public on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAirlines are going normal. There is no cause for alarm. It\u2019s not as troubling as you may think. Our people are on the site investigating the issue and by tomorrow they will give us their first report but the standard report will be ready in two weeks\u2019 time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Passengers on a Starbow flight were disembarked hurriedly to safety after the flight, S9110, had an accident just when they touched down at the Tamale Airport<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plane <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/10\/06\/starbow-plane-crashes-through-runway-barricade\/\" target=\"_blank\">crashed through the runway barrier<\/a><\/strong><\/span> at the \u00a0Airport on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abdullai Alhassan also told Ghanaians and airline patrons not to panic over the matter saying GCAA will continue to ensure high security and safety measures are adopted by airlines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the Chief Executive Officer of Starbow Airlines, Eric Asante apologized for the accident adding that they are doing everything possible to avert such occurrence \u00a0in the near future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We are safe, we are doing whatever we are supposed to do. It\u2019s just one of those things that we don\u2019t expect that it should happen but Ghanaians should bear with us, we are quite safe in our operations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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