Passengers delayed at JKIA for unknown reasons – Nairobi News

Several passengers at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), have been left stranded following major delays on Sunday afternoon.

The delays, which the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) are yet to address, have seen several passengers take to social media to inquire what could be wrong but with no response from the relevant authorities.

Former NTV news anchor, Larry Madowo tweeted from the tarmac saying that they had been stuck there for over half an hour due to a total radar systems failure.

Nairobi Air Traffic Control reportedly goes manual at JKIA after radar control system failure. Already been on the tarmac for 30min. Our captain says we’re in a queue & only 1 plane took off in 10 minutes

— Larry Madowo (@LarryMadowo) May 5, 2019

@KenyaAirways We have been seated in this plane KQ 414 for an hour at JKIA waiting for jam to clear. We were told we were No.7 on the queue. ?‍♀️

— Elizabeth Munyefu (@ElizaMunyefu) May 5, 2019

@KenyaAirways , any reason for the delay flight KQ 611 from Moi to JKIA?

— Arch.Stanley kyalo (@mstan83) May 5, 2019

@JamesMacharia_ Nairobi Air Traffic Control reportedly goes manual at JKIA after radar control system failure. Already been on the tarmac for 30min. Our captain says we’re in a queue & only 1 plane took off in 10 minutes.

— peter muriuki kairu (@peter_kairu) May 5, 2019

But in a tweet, private airline Jambojet, which is a subsidiary of Kenya Airways, attributed the flight delays to Radar System Failure at the JKIA>

Due to Radar System Failure at #JKIA, we’d like to notify our customers flying with us this afternoon of the following time changes. pic.twitter.com/xY3klW7VST

— Jambojet.com (@FlyJambojet) May 5, 2019