Delta Air Lines plane B767-332 with registration number N195DN has been banned by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority from flying to Ghana.
This decision came about as a result of the Airlines’ failure to investigate and work on the technical issues involving that particular plane.
About a month ago, July 25th, the aircraft N195DN enroute to Accra had to return to JFK mid flight when the crew of the Airline raised an alert about a fuel imbalance with the left main tank of the aircraft.
The Ghana CIvil Aviation Authority has banned the said aircraft from flying into Ghana, “With immediate effect, Delta Air Lines is being advised not to dispatch the B767-332 with registration number N195DN for flights to Accra”, the authority said in a statement.
Read the statement below:
TEMPORARY DENIAL OF DELTA AIRCRAFT WITH REGISTRATION N-195DN
Following the events of 13th August 2022, when your aircraft with registration N195DN was forced to return to gate due to a technical problem, a team of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) inspectors were tasked to conduct an investigation or the circumstances surrounding this occurrence.
The investigation revealed that:
1. The crew reported a fuel imbalance issue with the left main tank.
2. The inbound crew experienced this same issue on the flight leg to Accra i.e. on 31st July 2022.
3 This was the same aircraft that had to return to JKF on 25th July 2022 a few hours after take-off from JFK and which was widely reported in various media outlets.
It was expected that after such a negative reportage. Delta Air Lines would have thoroughly investigated the issue to arrive at the root cause of the failure before dispatching the aircraft on flights. Rather, the aircraft was flown within the United States a number of times and then dispatched again to Accra, only for the problem to reoccur.
The Authority finds this unacceptable. Therefore, with immediate effect, Delta Air Lines is being advised not to dispatch the B767-332 with registration number N195DN for flights to Accra. As your aging 0767 fleet are of much concern to Ghanaian travelers, Delta Air Lines must put in place a plan to change the type of aircraft on the JFK-ACC-JFK route as soon as practicable. Kindly communicate this date to the undersigned in your response.
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