Friday, March 20, 2015

Customs play blame game over Solar Impulse-2 delay

Ahmedabad: A day after allegations of delaying the take-off of solar-powered aircraft — Solar Impulse-2 — the Customs officials in Ahmedabad passed the blame on “ground staff” on Thursday saying “the delay was caused due to ineptitude of ground handling agency – Cambatta Aviation”.
In a press release the officials said that the delay can’t be attributed to them. The release stated that the world’s first solar aircraft was accompanied by two other aircraft carrying spare parts and support crew.
The arrival procedure among other formalities of these two aircraft was handled by Cambatta Aviation, a ground handling agency at the Ahmedabad airport.
In case of Solar Impuse-2 that landed on March 11 was taken directly to a temporary hanger adjacent to terminal-3 of the international airport.
20/03/15 Indian Express
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