KCAA grounds Silverstone Air’s Dash 8 series
The Silverstone aircraft that made an emergency landing at Eldoret International Airport. PD/JIMMY GITAKA
Silverstone Air's Dash 8 series has been suspended by Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) for a week.
The troubled carrier will be without the planes until the authority finalizes a surveillance on the carrier's services.
KCAA says after a review of the aircrafts' safety systems, management and operational control systems and airworthiness related programmes, they considered the series unfit for operations.
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“Silverstone Air Services is in breach of several 2018 civil aviation regulations,” said KCAA in a statement.
The regulator further instituted a comprehensive investigation over operations and activities to determine the firm's suitability in doing commercial aviation activities.
Silverstone has a right to appeal the provisional suspension which is for seven days effective Tuesday, November 12, with all Dash 8 series remaining suspended.
Silverstone Air’s aircraft have been operating from Wilson Airport in Nairobi since 2017, but has since reduced it's operations on several routes including Homa Bay in a move that slows down its aggressive expansion plans.
The carrier has been reducing its frequencies at a time the authority has opened an audit to determine the safety and compliance of the airline following a mid-air scare when one of its planes dropped a tyre while taking off in Lodwar.
Early this month, another one of Silverstone’s aircraft veered off the runway at Wilson Airport causing panic and cancellation of flights by concerned customers.
