DRC Presidential Aircraft Attached at FALA

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Update on 9Q-CLK.

Yesterday the most amazing thing happened again in court with the attachment case of EO and the DRC. The judge relied on one piece of so called "evidence" and made, without the leading of any evidence to substantiate, his finding that the aircraft belongs to the estate of Laurent Kabila. Great, another appeal. But this was still alright, it seems that this has now become the norm of court cases in South Africa.

However today at around three the DRC government's pilots decided that they obviously have had enough. They got into the plain took of and left into the horizon with the undercarriage down.

This now begs quite a few questions: Who gave them permission to leave while the aircraft is still under attachment? What is the involvement of the ATC? What did the Sheriff do to prevent this? Or what role did he play?
Surely the lawyers of the DRC know the rules and regulations concerning an attachment? How is it possible for an aircraft that is not airworthy to be allowed to leave Lanseria? And so the list of anomalies continues.

This little exercise has now taken a new turn and it will be extremely interesting to see how this is going to pan out. So readers when you happen to spot a ugly brown 707 with registration number 9Q-CLK any where in the world, please remind the occupants that the aircraft 'might' be stolen.......