An Ethiopian cargo plane is said to have crash-landed at the - TopicsExpress



          

An Ethiopian cargo plane is said to have crash-landed at the Kotoka International Airport. Citifmonline sources at the Airport say the incident happened when the aircraft was attempting to land in a bad weather. Confirming the incident to citifmonline, the Corporate Communications Officer of Ghana Airport Company, Newman Quartey, said the incident happened around 10am on Saturday. He said the cargo plane with flight No. ETEQV which was on route from Lome [Togo] to Accra, “skidded the runway” while trying to land safely. He added that “the crew of three people on board the aircraft all survived the accident and are currently receiving treatment at the 37 military hospital.” Mr Quartey assured that operations at the airport have normalized, adding that emergency teams including the Ghana National Fire service, Ghana Armed Forces, NADMO, Ghana Police, National Security, Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and the Ghana Airport Company Limited are currently at the site. -
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 13:59:08 +0000

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