Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Oh No! Ghana's Presidential Jet Catches Fire on Kotoka While Attempting Take Off



The country's presidential aircraft, Falcon 900 was tasked to perform a special mission at Malabo. On departure at the Kotoka international airport, the crew experienced slight operational problem with the computers. As a result the aircraft was returned to the Air Force base in Accra for resetting of the computers.


After the repairs, during the second run for take off, the aircraft lost two main left wheel, and it was discovered that the left wheel was on fire.  The team managed to successfully carry out emergency procedures, which were followed with the disembarkation of passengers and fighting of the fire. Fire extinguishers on board were used to bring the situation under control.

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