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How Safe Are Ghana’s Internal Flights

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  • Akadu Mensema 11 years ago

    A good reminder, but give a Ghanaian officer 10 cedis and you are free to fly your decrepit airways!

  • A GERSIS 11 years ago

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    Fellow Ghanaians

    Young Akpalu, I still look at you dad as one of the best brains in Ghana. Each summer as I drive to Keta(Old Jerusalem)i will look to the Lagoon-side and there is that simp ...
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  • Michael 11 years ago

    Thanks John for the write-up, it is a good wake-up call before the inevitable happens. I hope those who needs to hear this will read it.

  • Paa Kwesi Mintah 11 years ago

    After reading your article, I figured out your morbid eargerness to obtain more clients who survive an airline disaster.

    Your article isn't really a cautionary note about domestic flights but a disguised shameless self pro ...
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  • Falcon 11 years ago

    Mr. Mintah,
    your passion for Ghana is commendable but you would have done yourself a better service by taking time to think through your comments:

    1. A lawyer who depends on aviation accidents to get clients will not writ ...
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  • Paa Kwesi Mintah 11 years ago

    The author is being advised to send cautionary letters to the appropriate Ministry. He may or may not receive a response.

    That said, he would have fired the first shot to the athorities in registering his concern and perha ...
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  • Tokugawah 11 years ago

    Good article but will make no difference whatsoever. The regulatory infrastructure and authorities are there only in name, they do not monitor or enforce anything. Why are there 15-20 year old tro tro vehicles still operating ...
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  • Paa Kwesi Mintah 11 years ago

    After reading your article, I figured out your morbid eargerness to obtain more clients who survive an airline disaster.

    Your article isn't really a cautionary note about domestic flights but a disguised shameless self pro ...
    read full comment

  • Tokugawah 11 years ago

    Good article but will make no difference whatsoever. The regulatory infrastructure and authorities are there only in name, they do not monitor or enforce anything. Why are there 15-20 year old tro tro vehicles still operating ...
    read full comment

  • Paa Kwesi Mintah 11 years ago

    After reading your article, I figured out your morbid eargerness to obtain more clients who survive an airline disaster.

    Your article isn't really a cautionary note about domestic flights but a disguised shameless self pro ...
    read full comment

  • Kwasi 11 years ago

    John, unfortunately Ghana reached a point where if you have money or can bribe an official, a decrepit aircraft can still be used in our airspace. Same goes for things that happen around. Choked gutters and we wait for rains ...
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  • Gift 11 years ago

    Really wish the Ministry of Transportation and the Ghana Civil Aviation will seriously do a thorough check on some of the domestic flights before allowing them to fly our skies because some are not good.I have traveled severa ...
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  • Chris Kwame Awuyah 11 years ago

    Thanks Mr. Akpalu:

    Due to deprivations, the Ghanaian has become almost expendable. Corporations are not obligated to do their utmost for the safety of Ghanaians. Imagine aircrafts that are de-commissioned in the Western Wo ...
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  • Nana Kofi 11 years ago

    Thanks for your article. A WORD TO THE WISE SHOULD BE A WARNING, AND WAKE US UP TO ACT! A major aircraft manufacturer identified these shortcomings in our yet to mature aviation boom. They isolated aircraft maintenance as a p ...
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  • K Philly 11 years ago

    A must read for safety reasons.

  • Yaw Amofa 11 years ago

    The fact that a plane is 22 or 30years does not mean it is not fit for service! Airworthiness certificates are given only by the country of manufacture of the plane, and these countries have strict rules which means all defec ...
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  • Billy Bones 11 years ago

    Airworthiness certificates are issued by the country where a plane is registered, not where it is manufactured! So a good inspection regime, especially for old aircraft matters a lot!

  • coal pot 11 years ago

    YES YOU'RE A PRACTICING ATTORNEY WITH OFFICES IN MARS AND JUPITER AND A HARVARD GRADUATE.CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING THE FIRST GHANAIAN TO ACHIEVE SUCH A FEAT.HOWEVER ANY LAWYER WORTH HIS SALT WOULD HAVE SEND A CAUTIONARY NOTE ...
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  • Billy Bones 11 years ago

    And the Sector Minister upon receiving the private note, Will ground all airplanes immediately and implement all the recommendations to keep Ghanaians safe!! Bring your head down from the clouds and stop dreaming! When was th ...
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  • Paa Kwesi Mintah 11 years ago

    The author is being advised to send cautionary letters to the appropriate Ministry. He may or may not receive a response.

    That said, he would have fired the first shot to the athorities in registering his concern and perha ...
    read full comment

  • Jack Kodjo 11 years ago

    Mintah,

    The problem with Ghana is implementation, not recommendation. Don't you think the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has come up with many studies and recommendations? How many are being implemented? Sometimes ...
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