There wasn't much dust to speak of as there have been heavy rains lately in the area, so just mud and grass. minimal. The gear etc, engines and systems were all checked the day before it took off again. Ground runs were completed.
They are better than most african airlines, but definately not the best, and in no way deserve "african airline of the year". They also had 2 near mid air collisions with light aircraft departing runway 09 at HTKJ, because in both cases, they called finals rwy 09, and were actually on finals for rwy 27. Some special pilots they have, not knowing their 09 from their 27!