Deputy Minister of Defence Ernest Brogya Genfi has informed Parliament that the Ghana presidential plane, which was transported to Dassault Falcon Service in Le Bourget, France, on March 11, 2025, has undergone substantial repairs and is scheduled to return to Ghana shortly.
The Falcon 900 executive aircraft has already undertaken a third engine ground run, a fuel tank leak test, and painting of the bottom panel of the wing. The final acceptance flight test is scheduled to take place.
On the floor of Parliament today [Nov. 6, 2025], Ernest Brogya Genfi, the Deputy Minister of Defence, announced that the Falcon 900 executive aircraft will return following the completion of all required testing.
When he answered the question on the Parliamentary floor, he said this.
Kwadwo Damoah, the MP for Jaman South, had asked what precise actions the Defence Ministry was taking to fix the presidential jet, which had been grounded in France since March 11, 2025, because of severe corrosion issues.
In response, the deputy minister stated that on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, the Falcon aircraft was sent to France for the 24-month and 16,000-hour periodic inspection.
According to him, the inspection is a necessary airworthiness requirement that guarantees the completion of functional inspections and the compilation of the major maintenance cast and duellist cast for the 24-month inspection.
He told the House that significant repairs had been made to the reported corrosion areas found in the aircraft’s fuel tanks that had impacted the aircraft’s delivery timetable.
“These corrosion issues in the fuel tanks have since been resolved,” he stated.
However, he said that during the inspection, fuel leaks from the fuel tanks on the right-hand wing were discovered.
“Unfortunately, after successfully repairing the section of the wing that experienced the leakages, another challenge was encountered while reinstalling the lower panel beneath the wing. This occurrence has resulted in further delay in the completion of the inspection,” he said.
The deputy minister stated that Dassault Aviation welcomed the Falcon wing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the Dassault Falcon Services hangers in response to the challenge.
According to him, this would allow the OEM to evaluate the lower panel of the right-hand wing on-site and offer unbiased technical suggestions meant to speed up the repair and reinstallation procedure.
“The repair from OEM has been successfully carried and the right-hand wing repairs has also been completed,” he stated.
Mr. Brogya Genfi stated that after the correction was finished, the aircraft needed to go through a fuel tank leak test, a third engine ground run, painting the lower panel of the wing, and lastly an acceptance flight test.
Source: newsthemegh.com