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How Kampala waste crisis threatens flights at Entebbe airport

Uganda Airlines Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft stand on the runway at Entebbe Airport on the outskirts of Kampala on April 23, 2019.

Photo credit: File | AFP

By  Kabona Esiara

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

A dumpsite near Entebbe International Airport is raising safety concerns about bird strikes on aircraft.

Pilots and airline operators have expressed their concerns about the continued use of the Nkumba waste site, nearly four months after the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) was ordered to stop using it.

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