By SANFROSSA MANYINDAAN Ethiopian Cargo flight erroneously landed at the new Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola which is still under construction after the pilot ignored the guidance from air traffic controllers, Ministry of Transport and Communication Permanent Secretary, Misheck Lungu has said.When contacted, Ethiopian Airlines said ‘the fact that there was no NOTAM issued regarding the construction of the new airport which has the same runway heading orientation with the existing one and the close proximity between the two airports may have contributed to the incident’.The incident happened between 12:00 and 14:00 hours on Sunday.This shocked some workers who were on site and kept their eyes on the plane as they wanted to see what exactly was happening.“Preliminary investigations have indicated that the pilot of the plane did not follow the guidance, hence the error,” Mr Lungu said.He however said investigations had been instituted on the matter to establish what exactly happened.“We have […]
Pilot ignored guidance
