No plane crash occurred at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Monday night, contrary to what was reported by a section of the media. Rather there was an incident involving a Turkish and Lufthansa aircraft.
Both aircraft have since been declared airworthy. There was neither fatality nor injury.
Briefing journalists at the KIA on Tuesday, Mr John Amedior, Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), said the two aircraft involved were a Turkish Airliner "A 340" and a Lufthansa aircraft "A 330".
Mr Amedior said he could not "for now" give details of the incident, because thorough investigations were currently going on.
"The incident must be properly investigated before we come out with a statement. We would soon issue a report to guide us in future," he said.
A release jointly signed by Mr Amedior and Mr Willie Orhin, Deputy Director General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in charge of Finance and Administration, said on October 4th, 2010, at 2141 hours, there was an incident involving a Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa Airlines at the Kotoka International Airport.
It said both aircraft were declared airworthy after the incident, adding that the Turkish Airlines departed soon after and had since landed safely in Istanbul.
The Lufthansa Airline is scheduled to take-off at 2035 hours on Tuesday, the release said.
The Deputy Minister of Transport, Mrs Dzifa Attivor, who was at the KIA to have a first hand assessment of the situation, gave the assurance that there was no cause for alarm.