Sixty-eight persons on board a Starbow Airline bound for
Kumasi narrowly escaped death when the aircraft skidded
off the runway when it was taxiing at the Kotoka
International Airport (KIA) in Accra. The aircraft, flight S9
104, was carrying 63 passengers and five crew members.
Five persons, according to the Deputy Minister of Energy,
William Owuraku Aidoo, who was also on board, got
injured. The accident occurred at about 12:20 pm on
Saturday. Prospective passengers on Friday, November 24,
2017, got stranded at the Kotoka International Airport
(KIA), after they were unable to embark on the booked
flight. The flight was later cancelled, even though the
passengers had been cleared to embark on the journey. It
was later postponed to Saturday, when the incident
occurred. Another eyewitness, New Patriotic Party (NPP)
Deputy General Secretary, Nana Obiri Boahen, who was on
board the same flight, narrated the harrowing experience
to DAILY GUIDE.
“I had given up hope. I thought it was all over. Passengers
asked to be let out. There was a hole created through which
rainwater rushed in; a woman nearby was injured. When
the door was opened, there was a rush and some persons
were injured as they hit their heads against the aircraft.
“On the ground it was rainwater; some of us stood under
the wing but smelled something suspicious at which point
we were ordered to leave the place for fear of fire. It was a
long way from the tarmac. “In the ensuing heat, an official
statement from the Emergency Operations Centre of the
Ghana Airports Company and the Ghana Civil Aviation
Authority confirmed that only one person got injured in the
crash. He said, “Everyone at Starbow wishes to express
their sincere regret for the distress experienced by our
guests on Flight S9 104 on 25 November, 2017, at 12:45,
local time.”
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