上周乔莫肯雅塔国际机场的另一个跑道照明问题迫使肯尼亚航空公司 (KQ) 等公司推迟了从内罗毕起飞的一些航班，主要影响了飞往蒙巴萨的航班。
就在两周前，跑道灯完全熄灭，所有进港航班都在紧急维修期间改道，所有空中交通停飞数小时。 据内罗毕主要国际机场的消息人士称，这一次，灯光突然变暗，一个所谓的“notam”立即冲向航空运营商，警告他们这个问题。 虽然显然其他一些航空公司确实运营了从内罗毕飞往蒙巴萨的航班，但肯尼亚航空公司决定按规矩办事并推迟起飞，而不是在按照国际标准不安全的条件下运营。
事实上，一位接近 KQ 的消息人士虽然指出他没有被授权代表该航空公司发言，但告诉本专栏，由于肯尼亚航空公司是一家 IOSA – IATA 的运营安全审计 – 批准的航空公司，他们会通过如此高的价格安全标准，而其他人可能会根据具体情况进行判断，并将在这种情况下是否起飞或降落的决定权留给他们的飞行员。 但是，如果发生事故，他们仍将因忽视问题而承担责任和法律责任，尤其是在获得“notam”之后。
人们再次提出问题，为什么跑道灯在完全故障和后续维修后仅一周左右就会再次出现问题。 肯尼亚机场管理局一再未能保持关键机场设施的正常运行并确保乘客和飞机的安全，这已经被直接归咎于肯尼亚机场管理局。 同一消息来源还迅速指出，今年早些时候蒙巴萨的完全照明故障，当时由于排水系统维护不善，地下输电线管道被淹，导致运营严重中断，运营被限制了几天到白天当时往返肯尼亚海岸的游客和商务旅客的流量。
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- The same source was also swift to point out that the complete lighting failure earlier in the year in Mombasa, when operations were restricted for days on end to daylight hours after an underground electrical duct had flooded due to poorly maintained drainage, causing severe interruptions of the flow of tourists and business travelers to and from the Kenya coast at that time.
- In fact a source close to KQ, although pointing out that he was not authorized to speak on behalf of the airline, told this column that as Kenya Airways is an IOSA – IATA's Operational Safety Audit – cleared airline, they would go by such very high safety standards, while others may judge from case to case and leave the decision to their pilots whether to take off or land under such circumstances.
- The blame is already being laid squarely on the doorstep of the Kenya Airports Authority for their repeated failure to keep the key airport installations up and running at all times and ensure the safety of passengers and aircraft.
