Evil intentions to kill air passengers in Papua New Guinea
News that matter in Papua New Guinea
Evil intentions to kill
air passengers in Papua New Guinea
PORT MORESBY: The Wapenamanda Airport in Enga was closed
on Friday (July 8, 2022) after oil and broken bottles were strewn on sections
of the runway overnight Thursday, National Airports Corporation (NAC)
Managing-Director and Chief Executive Officer Rex Kiponghe says.
“We strongly condemn
such vandalism (which can cause fatal accidents).
“I am very disappointed
for such a baseless act,” he added.
The news break was reported by The National:
Airport runway
sabotaged
July 11, 2022The
NationalMain Stories
THE Wapenamanda Airport in Enga was closed on
Friday after oil and broken bottles were strewn over sections of the runway
overnight Thursday, according to the National Airports Corporation (NAC).
NAC managing director and chief executive officer Rex Kiponge strongly
condemned the vandalism.
“I am very disappointed and condemn in the strongest term this incident caused
by a few people who are holding the rest of the travelling public at ransom
because of their senseless actions,” he said.
NAC issued a notice to airmen of airline operators on Friday morning not to fly
into Wapenamanda.
Kiponge said NAC and police conducted an investigation, including an assessment
of the damage caused.
“Again, this is a breach of the civil aviation laws and a criminal offence and
NAC will not tolerate this behaviour.
I appeal to the people of Wapenamanda to work with NAC and the police to
identify those perpetrators and hand them over to police,” Kiponge said.
Just last month, a similar incident occurred at Mt Hagen’s Kagamuga Airport
where perpetrators spilled oil on the runway.
Comments
Post a Comment