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Old 18th Sep 2021, 23:21
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Something is amiss in Tarawa/Kiribati..

Coral Sun Air, apparently is owned by the Jong family? and have two WW1124 Westwind jets, H4-CSA believed to be in Tarawa and not flown since Jan 2020, and the other is H4-ZYH last seen at Banda Aceh in March 2021.

The former Hevilift/Skytek B200 King Air P2-ALC, painted in Coral Sun paint scheme appears to be operating from Honiara.

I cant imagine anyone competent would be maintaining Westwinds on a remote Island Atoll.

The local airline operates Twin Otters on the H4, T3 and P2 register.

Would appear the Kiribati Aviation regulator has no idea what's going on; you would have to have serious concerns over airworthiness, crew skill and recency.

And they own or lease an Embraer; something smells like "brown envelopes" and dark and shady deals.....
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