Less than 20% of public airports in Colombia have traffic controllers
Only 46 of the 243 public airports in Colombia work with air traffic controllers, according to El...
Tag: civil aeronautics
Aires airline plane crash caused by human error
The tragic Aires airline plane crash in August 2010 was caused by human error, Colombia media reported. Nearly a year after the fatal accident, investigators from Civil Aeronautics, the Colombian aviation authority, have...
State to pay out for deadly air crash ‘negligence’
The Council of State has ordered the Ministry of Defense and the civil aviation authority to compensate the family of a soldier who died in a plane crash over 20 years ago, El Espectador reported Thursday. Ricardo Aldana Medina,...
Official backs claims of faked aeronautics contract
The director of Civil Aeronautics has said it is likely that falsified documents were provided by the company awarded an inspection contract for five Colombian airports. Director Santiago Castro stated that he has spoken to the...
Colombia’s weather office sues civil aviation body
The Colombia’s meteorological service IDEAM is demanding $29.5 million from the air transportation authority, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) has...
