Latest update February 20th, 2025 12:39 PM
Ogle controversial flights…Probe to be completed this week – Patterson
Weeks ago, the controversial departure of two planes from the Eugene F. Correia International Airport (EFCIA) – which made headlines, triggered an investigation from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI), to ascertain whether any security, among other protocols, were breached at the facility.
The Eugene F. Correia International Airport
This investigation is currently ongoing and is scheduled to be completed this week, according to the Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson yesterday, after he was contacted to provide an update on the issue.
The Minister stated that one of the planes was grounded in Anguilla while the other is somewhere in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The two Cessna 206 Aircraft, bearing registration numbers 8R-GTP and 8R-GMP attached to Oxford Aviation, left the airport sometime around 4am four Saturdays ago.
One of the aircraft is reportedly subject to High Court litigation, barring the aircraft from leaving the jurisdiction.
However, the Airport’s Public Communication Consultant (PCC), Kit Nascimento, had stated that this particular plane was barred from leaving the country but was not barred from operating internally. He went on to state that this information was never conveyed to the airport.
According to reports, one of the aircraft was flown out of the country by its owner, Munidat Persaud, who also happens to be the owner of the Aviation Company and a flight school in the United States. The other pilot has not been identified.
The aircraft were flown to Trinidad then to the island of Grenada, from where they subsequently departed for Anguilla.
Minister Patterson had advised that employees who were on duty during the departures at the airport, be sent on Administrative leave to ensure a “thorough” investigation. He had also stated that the primary concern was to ascertain whether any procedures were breached.
Meanwhile, Nascimento has reiterated that there was no breach of protocol on behalf of the airport or any of its employees.
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