Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Illegal arms transfers: Vega Company banished, by Fabrice de Pierrebourg
Vega Airlines Ltd. owned a small fleet of Russian Antonov aircraft specially equipped for transporting explosives and dangerous.
But Vega had primarily a curriculum vitae "remarkable" for transporting weapons and various military equipment to war zones or disorder (Rwanda, Congo, Bosnia, Cote d'Ivoire, etc.) and sometimes in violation several embargoes.
Vega had sought and obtained in January 2003, December 2004 and December 2005 the necessary approvals from the Office of Transport Canada to use the airport at Mirabel, Hamilton, Gander and Winnipeg to channel the "international freight".
At Transport Canada, indicate that Vega had also during the events recounted by RueFrontenac.com a "permit for equivalent level of safety". A document required in cases of dangerous goods transport to fly over Canadian airspace or make a technical stop, we said Patrick Charette, a spokesman. "Its duration is variable, but it was valid at the time," he said.
Banned company banned
We have traced the website of Transport Canada as a permit for a period of 20 days. It was issued May 11, 2006 for Vega to fly over Canada and a stop with an air-cargo container in her holds the "liquid-propellant thrusters.
Banished in 2007 by the Bulgarian authorities and the European Vega disappeared some time before reappearing in the air as the Air Cargo. The company has stored its old Antonov in favor of Boeing 737-300 acquired from U.S. Airways. But the aircraft in the colors of Vega are still visible on the photo gallery. We see, for example, a tank in the process of entering the bunker.
Cargo Air also shown for some time on its website its "Certificate of Canadian foreign air operator" issued by the Minister of Transportation October 24, 2008.
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