AWA clarifies recent reports on Tamale flight, apologizes for the inconvenience

Africa World Airlines (AWA) has clarified recent media reports concerning its flight AW160 which travelled from Accra to Tamale on March 13th, 2024.

AFRICA WORLD AIRLINES FLIGHT AW160 TO TAMALE 13TH MARCH 2024

On the 12th of March 2024 during the preparation for flight AW160 from Accra to Tamale which departs at 06:30 a.m.

the Flight Operations Control office was contacted by our fuel supplier in Tamale to inform us that the fuel bowser used for refuelling aircraft, was under maintenance and would not be available for refuelling that day.

In order to cater for this, additional fuel was planned for and uplifted IN THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS to be used for the return trip AW161 from Tamale to Accra

Flight AW160 to Tamale was a full flight, and the aircraft would have departed close to its maximum take-off weight even without the additional fuel

Once the decision was made to uplift extra fuel, an equivalent weight in passenger baggage was offloaded from flight AW160 to be sent to Tamale on subsequent flights that day