IPNEWS: In less than 24hrs after President George Weah dismissed LAA Deputy Managing Director, Madam Paula Fares Harvey, for Administrative reasons, report has emerged that SN Brussels, the only western airline flying into Europe with connections to the United States of America is poised to suspend its fights to Liberia due to malfunctioning navigation system (GPS) at the Roberts International Airport.
The report states that the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) has sanctioned the Roberts International Airport (RIA) over the malfunctioning navigation system and has given a three-month ultimatum for the repair of the equipment.
SN Brussels has often been forced to land using its own navigation without the aid of the airport’s navigation – something which puts the plane, passengers and the airport in danger.
Belgian laws prohibit its flights from landing in countries that do not have a functioning navigation system.
Meanwhile other information says another equipment, The Localizer – a piece of equipment stationed at the end of the runway near the sea has not been functioning for the past three months.
Prior to this incident IPNEWS reported in July 2022, within information from impeccable sources that the navigation system at the RIA has not been changed over the last decade and a half sparking uncertainties for travelers. (Courtesy of Frontpage Africa)
