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My comments last week on the recent crash in Congo elicited the following letter:
As an aviation professional in Africa, I am very familiar with the operations of Hewa Bora Airways, and have flown in and out of Goma airport, where the accident occurred, on several occasions.
Previously, the 8,000-foot runway in Goma was sufficiently long for most aircraft. But in 2002 a nearby volcano… » Full Story on Salon.com
As an aviation professional in Africa, I am very familiar with the operations of Hewa Bora Airways, and have flown in and out of Goma airport, where the accident occurred, on several occasions.
Previously, the 8,000-foot runway in Goma was sufficiently long for most aircraft. But in 2002 a nearby volcano… » Full Story on Salon.com
