On Saturday morning, tragedy was averted in Ghana, as an Ethiopian Airways cargo plane traveling from Lome, Togo to neighboring Accra, Ghana is said to have crash-landed at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra.
Eyewitness accounts say the plane skidded off the runway in the process of landing at about 10:00 am local time on Saturday. All three crew members on board cargo plane flight no. ETEQV survived the incident and are currently receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra.
Bad weather condition is presumed to have contributed to the crash landing incident although Ghanaian authorities have not confirmed this. Ethiopian Airlines is top rated in Africa and has one of the continent's best airline accident records. As of January 2014, the Aviation Safety Network has recorded 60 accidents/incidents totalling 322 fatalities since 1965.
This unfortunate incident has prompted members of the public to begin asking questions on safety standards at the Kotoka International Airport.It could be recalled that in 2012, a Nigerian Cargo plane skidded off the tarmac and run into a passenger vehicle killing about ten passengers.
Thank God for lives saved.
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