Kabo Air ,, similiar operation to Saba
Kabo Crashed a 747 in Nigeria 2 years ago and it never hit the press
I remember last year when a guy out of Texas, (initials BK) was looking for 747 crews. !!!! pay and to fly 2 ex United 747's that had been sitting in the desert for several years. The job was to fly the Afghanistan Hadj. I heard from reliable sources (the crew) that they did as little maint to the aircraft as possible. Now it looks like they are back at it again this year.
While Kabo Air has put substantial funds into their aircraft to keep them going, they fall short by hiring Indonesian crews who give them selves check rides in the pub. They crashed a 747 in Maidugari, Nigeria 2 years ago and kept it quiet. Had their insurance company found out, that is if they had insurance, then surely they would have been grounded for some time or you would think, and that the Saudi's would ban them from entering Saudi Airspace.
It's all a matter of bribing the right Saudi's.
I have flown 5 hadj operations on the 747 and never once have the Saudi's done a ramp check on the aircraft, and I don't expect to see one this year as well.
These people think it's all up to ALLAH.
If the plane crashes, then it's God's will that it happened, not that their crew flew the aircraft into the trees off the side of the runway. As was the case in Nigeria.