MD Laments Stray Animals Could Affect Operations

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December 30, 2014 1:39 PM

MD of the Ghana Airports Company Limited Charles Kwame Asare has said that, KIA could be decertified as a safe airport if steps are not taken to stop the high incidents of animals wandering into the runways.

The Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited Charles Kwame Asare has said that,The Kotoka International Airport, (KIA), could be decertified as an unsafe airport if steps are not taken to stop the high incidents of animals wandering into the runways.

Speaking with TV3 the senior officer said, the incident of stray animals has increased by 100% since he took over office last year.“The reason is that human habitation has moved closer to the Airport,” he said in an interview on Monday adding “Our airport could be decertified as a safe airport to fly in.” Mr. Asare said the stray animals are obstructing operations at the country's only international airport.Ideally, an airport is expected to have undeveloped lands 30 miles away from it. However, KIA has seen a recent upsurge in encroachment, a situation that forced the National Security Council to recently declare the airport lands as security zones. Adding re-demarcation exercise is also in the offing.

Mr Asare noted that “You require additional space for the navigation aids that Civil Aviation needs to direct aero planes into the airport safely,”

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