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Kotoka Airport risks international ban due to high cases of stray animals

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Kotoka International Airport (KIA) could be decertified as a safe

airport if steps are not taken to stop the high incidents of animals

wandering onto the runways, a senior officer of the Ghana Airports

Company Limited has told TV3.

Charles Kwame Asare, who is the Managing Director of the Company, said

the incident of stray animals has increased by 100% since he took over

office last year.

"…and the reason is that human habitation has moved closer to the

Airport," he told TV3's Odelia Ofori in an interview on Monday,

December 29.

He said the stray animals are obstructing operations at the country's

only airport.

"Our airport could be decertified as a safe airport to fly in."

Ideally, an airport is expected to have undeveloped lands 30 miles away from it.

However, Ghana's international airport has seen a recent upsurge in

encroachment, a situation that forced the National Security Council to

recently declare the airport lands as security zones. A re-demarcation

exercise is also in the offing.

"You require additional space for the navigation aids that Civil

Aviation needs to direct aeroplanes into the airport safely," Mr Asare

pointed out.

Credit: TV3 Network

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku

I am a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyle and many more.

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