A heavy windstorm, suspectdly a cyclone has struck Entebbe International Airport yet again, destroying property including cars, buildings and some aircrafts.
The incident happened on Friday morning. Sources say, several aircrafts were left damaged while vehicles including those in aviation direction had their windscreens broken.
Preliminary information also shows that two small aircrafts including Airserve and another yet to be revealed have been overturned.
Entebbe International Airport is situated at the Entebbe penisular. It is also along the shoreline of Lake Victoria, a water resource that severally undergoes the striking of lightening, thunder and cyclone attacks.
This team is still making efforts to secure Acces into the airport to understand the magnitude of the damage. Uganda Civil Aviation Authority is yet to give a statement on the matter.
The incident comes days after the Ethiopian Airlines celebrated 80 years of operations since April 1946. The airport has in the past few years also experienced the overshooting of the runway by aircrafts and claims of shoddy upgrade and repair works.
It is not clear whether the incident affected flights landing and take off at the only operating airport in the country.
Details follow.
