Perhaps the quote from Janet
“Due to the unknown nature of building an airport on the island’s uneven terrain, changes in design had to be made to facilitate that,” refers not to the construction ie hard stuff like the runway, buildings etc. but to the terrain surrounding the airport and their interaction with nav and landing aids, which because of where St Helena is and the position of the runway require more sophisticated equipment than your bog standard airport. I have been asking SHG for the results of the 2nd calibration flights without success for ages, there seems to be a conspiracy of silence with much that happens there!
I am afraid that many things run by the SHG tend to end up being not quite right! I hope I am wrong and the Airport does open as promised in May.
If the airport doesn't open perhaps it could be used a penal colony for all the civil servants involved in the scheme, to be sent there to break up the concrete etc by hand
Well done
volare7266 in finding the piece from the paper!!!