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US FAA issues strongest aviation warnings for Ukraine, Kenya, Ethiopia and
Somalia
BY PROF. DR. WOLFGANG H. THOME, ETN AFRICA CORRESPONDENT | JUL 19, 2014
The US Federal Aviation Administration, in short FAA, has in their latest
advisories and prohibition notices for US registered aircraft included
Kenya as a potentially hostile region while Ethiopia is on the full
prohibition list, after Somalia was already for a while on their no go
board.
All of Ukraine was added yesterday following the shot-down of a Malaysian
B777-200 with 298 on board by a surface to air missile from rebel held
territory.
The following details were extracted from the latest FAA notice dated 18th
of July and reads as follows:
ETHIOPIA
Flight operations are prohibited in Ethiopian airspace north of 12 degrees
latitude. The FAA also warns that Ethiopian forces may fire upon aircraft
crossing into Ethiopian airspace from northeastern Kenya.View document >>
KENYA
The advisory states that "recent, credible information indicates a
potential near-term terrorist attack against U.S. and Western interests in
Kenya," warning against attacks using MANPADS. View document >>
End quote
It could not be established if the inclusion of Kenya was based on the fact
that the country is bordering Somalia or for other reasons of a more
domestic nature. It should be recalled that there was an attempt to shoot
down an Israeli tourist charter aircraft on the 28th of November 2002 with
two shoulder fired SAM's while taking off from Mombasa's international
airport when at the same time an Israeli owned hotel in Kikambala was
subjected to a suicide bombing. No such attempts were reported however
since and airport perimeter security has been significantly improved and
strengthened since then at both Mombasa and the country's main airport in
Nairobi.
In view of the advanced hour when filing this report no comments from
aviation sources or government officials could be obtained.
AFRICA
Received on Sun Jul 20 2014 - 22:11:31 EDT