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    "id": 124810,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/124810/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 181,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwakwere",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 189,
        "legal_name": "Chirau Ali Mwakwere",
        "slug": "chirau-mwakwere"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to state that Jet-Link Aviation is a Kenyan registered company that operates both international and domestic schedule services, among others. The airline has Air Service Licence No.0627, which is valid up to 14th February, 2010. The company has a valid Air Operator Certificate No.184 and Approved Maintenance Organisation Certificate No.K/AMO/L/034. The company has a staff complement of 256 comprising of 32 pilots, 20 engineers, ten technicians and 194 other staff comprising of 240 Kenyans and 40 foreigners, who are seven pilots and seven engineers. The company has a fleet of 6 aircraft, details of which I wish to table in the House. Jet-Link Aviation does not operate any aircraft manufactured in the Eastern bloc. The CRJ aircraft is manufactured in Canada. The Fokker 28 aircraft is manufactured in the Netherlands. The BAE146 aircraft is from the United Kingdom. The circumstances, under which two flights aborted on 7th and 8th September, 2009 are as follows. On 7th September, 2009, a Fokker 28 aircraft, registration Flight JO357, boarded passengers for the afternoon flight to Eldoret, at 4.00 p.m. and experienced a return-to- base incident. During taxing, the pilot encountered abnormally low taxing speed and returned to the Parking Bay and disembarked passengers. On operation, the aircraft’s brakes were found to be binding. After about one hour, arrangements were made to fly the passengers to Eldoret on another aircraft. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the same day, BAE146 aircraft, registration Flight JO757 took off from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Kisumu at 5.00 p.m. and landed back at JKIA at 5.27 p.m. After take-off, the Captain noticed a difference of speed indication between that of the Captain and the First Officer. Due to safety consideration, the Captain decided to return to base and requested the Air Traffic Control for clearance and briefed the passengers. Upon landing, the aircraft was inspected and the fault traced to a defective airspeed indicator. On 8th September, 2009, a Fokker 28 aircraft, Flight J0853, failed to leave. This was not an aborted take-off by definition. The passengers had boarded the aircraft for the morning flight to Eldoret, at 7.45 a.m. However, during the engine start, the Captain noticed unusually low pressure indication, and the engine start was discontinued. The passengers were disembarked. Jet-Link engineers solved the problem expeditiously and the flight to Eldoret resumed without further problems. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the two incidents that occurred on 7th September, 2009 were reported by Jet-Link Aviation to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) within the stipulated 42 hours time-frame. The incident of 8th September was spotted internally as required by the Airline’s internal quality system. Finally, with regard to the Airline’s flight safety audits on Jet-Link’s aircrafts, I wish to report that as per statutory requirement, each aircraft operating in Kenya must have a valid Certificate of Airworthiness from the KCAA before it can be used for public"
}