TAP indicated this Saturday that “it has taken all measures” regarding passengers waiting to travel from Conakry airport to Lisbon, after a plane from Lisbon hit a motorcycle that was traveling on the runway.
TAP plane collides with motorcycle during landing at Guinea Conakry airport. authorities investigate
“TAP made all the arrangements for the passengers who were about to return from Conakry [capital da Guiné Conacri] to Lisbon and has already protected them on flights of other airlines,” an official source from the Portuguese airline told Lusa.
According to a message from the Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport published on the social network Twitter, on Friday at 11:40 p.m. (local time), “flight TP1492 of the TAP Portugal company, originating in Lisbon, hit two individuals who were circulating in a motorcycle on the track. landing”.
It also mentions that the Civil Aviation Authority of Guinea is investigating the accident between a TAP plane and a motorcycle on the runway at the Guinea-Conakry airport, in which the two occupants of the vehicle died.
“An investigation carried out by the Civil Aviation Authority of Guinea (AGAC), with the support of the Department of Security and Protection (SOGEAC), is ongoing to investigate the causes and responsibilities of the parties involved,” reads a published note. In the diary. Twitter social network.
It also mentions that “the identified driver was a security agent, an employee of a company in charge of protecting the airport facilities,” and the note expresses “the most sincere condolences to the bereaved families.”
In a statement released this morning, TAP reported that “flight TP1492 had an accident on landing at the Guinea-Conakry airport, when a motorcycle tried to cross the runway at that time, and the occupant of the vehicle lost his life.”
However, an official company source confirmed to the Portuguese agency that there were two fatalities in the accident, assuring that “the passengers and crew are all fine.”
In addition, he stressed that “all safety procedures were followed, but even so it was not possible to avoid the aforementioned accident.”
“TAP is naturally collaborating with the local authorities to investigate the circumstances that led to this unfortunate situation,” reads the statement from the Portuguese company, which “deeply regrets what happened” and offers “its deepest condolences” to the victims. families
The news portal Guineenews.org advanced that the two security guards who were riding the motorcycle “were trying to cross the runway when they were sucked in by one of the engines of the aircraft that had just landed.”
Source: Observadora
