The Beirut Wings team posing in front of their hangar at Beirut airport. (Credit: Illustrative photo published on Beirut Wings' X page)
Beirut Wings, a flight training company founded in 2006 that operates light aircraft, on Wednesday denied any wrongdoing in connection with an incident at Beirut airport on Sept. 5 that caused no injuries or damage. The company said reports of the incident were inconsistent with “documented technical facts and official records held by the company and the relevant authorities.”According to a company statement and details provided by its CEO, Joe Bitar, the incident occurred as a Tecnam P2006T was taking off. The relatively new, Italian-made aircraft is a light twin-engine propeller plane. Registered as OD-BWM, it is one of seven aircraft in Beirut Wings’ fleet, which also includes another Tecnam and five Cessnas. “During the flight, shortly after takeoff, the pilot noticed that the engines were running irregularly and that their RPM had...
Beirut Wings, a flight training company founded in 2006 that operates light aircraft, on Wednesday denied any wrongdoing in connection with an incident at Beirut airport on Sept. 5 that caused no injuries or damage. The company said reports of the incident were inconsistent with “documented technical facts and official records held by the company and the relevant authorities.”According to a company statement and details provided by its CEO, Joe Bitar, the incident occurred as a Tecnam P2006T was taking off. The relatively new, Italian-made aircraft is a light twin-engine propeller plane. Registered as OD-BWM, it is one of seven aircraft in Beirut Wings’ fleet, which also includes another Tecnam and five Cessnas. “During the flight, shortly after takeoff, the pilot noticed that the engines were running irregularly and that their...