Sudan
Disclaims
Plane Stopped
in Juba, Cites
Facebook
Offer, No UN
Comment
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 17,
updated
-- Amid
complaints
from South
Sudan about
Sudanese
planes
violating its
airspace,
Sudan has shot
back about a
specific
plane.
Sudanese
army
spokesman
Al-Sawarmy
Khalid Saad
said that "the
plane,
which Juba
claims to have
violated its
airspace, is
owned by
Rumbaik
Air Cargo
Company which
is registered
in Sharjah.
This company
is
owned by a
Sudanese
citizen, Osman
Mohamed Osman,
who is
residing in
the United
Arab Emirates.
The plane,
AN12, is
chartered from
a
company
belonging to
South Africa."
Inner
City Press
asked the UN
about this on
Monday,
whether the
UNMISS
mission in
South Sudan
can confirm or
deny the above
and the
airspace
violations. UN
spokesman
Martin Nesirky
said he would
check. Video
here, in
Minute 7.
An
Internet
search for
Rumbaik Air
Cargo Company
finds only a Facebook
page
with 10
"likes," a
photograph of
a plane and
offers to
rent three
planes.
A/C
Type
B747-200
Freighter
Capacity
105 Ton
Net &
730m3 (Nose
& side
door)
Departure A/P
NBO
Arrival A/P
Open (Europ /
Asia / Africa)
A/C Type A300
– B4 Freighter
Capacity 40
Ton Net &
230m3 (side
door)
Departure A/P
UAE (SHJ / DWC
/ RKT / FJR)
Arrival A/P
Open (Africa /
Middle East /
Asia)
A/C Type 3 x
DC8 – 63f
Freighter
Capacity 40
Ton Net &
180m3 (side
door)
Departure A/P
NBO / UAE
Arrival A/P
Open (Africa /
Middle East /
Asia)
So who might
have rented
the plane
cited by
Sudan, and
for what?
Al-Sawarmy
Khalid
Saad said that
"the plane was
conducting a
number of
flights that
started from
Djibouti to
Dar Essalam
and
Mozambique,
and
from Juba to
Fuluj for the
interest of a
German
organization...
the
aviation
authorities at
Juba airport
first told
them that the
plane
was held due
to oil leakage
and then that
the crew was
incomplete and
finally came
the accusation
that the plane
was carrying
military
equipment to
the rebels."
So
a plane
advertised on
Facebook was
allegedly
carrying
weapons to
rebels in
South Sudan?
One would
think that the
UN Mission in
South
Sudan would
confirm or
deny this.
Update:
Inner City
Press asked
the contact
person for
Rumbaik Air
Cargo Company
about Sudan's
allegations,
in detail. The
reply:
"Hi
Matthew, My
question, what
i[t] have to
do with me,
Rgds, Fawad"
Why did Sudan
name this
three-plane
company? Watch
this site.
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