He added: "The Irish Aviation Authority conducted an annual review of the aircraft certifications in support of its annual
Certificate of Airworthiness renewal process and all certifications were satisfactory at that point in time."
In a statement, CAAP said its investigation showed the plane's
certificate of airworthiness was issued on the basis of "fraudulent" certifications allegedly signed by Abalos as procured by the private respondents.
He said: "I've brought it here so that I can get it ready to pass its annual CAA (Civil Aviation Authority)
certificate of airworthiness.
Current plans are to obtain a
certificate of airworthiness by the end of 1972 and for the aircraft to enter service in 1973.
Summary: Today, Bombardier Aerospace announced that Transport Canada has issued the
Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) for the first Global 5000 jet to be operated by the German Federal Ministry of Defense (FMOD).
The aircraft's
Certificate of Airworthiness had expired EIGHT days before the accident.
The aircraft held a nonexpiring
certificate of airworthiness issued on March 19, 2008, and an airworthiness review certificate which was valid until March 17 2009.
The directorgeneral of civil aviation had issued the
certificate of airworthiness until 2010.
The inspections are unannounced and cover both passenger and cargo aircraft and include checking that the required documents, including crew licences and the aircraft's
certificate of airworthiness, are valid; the flight has been properly planned; the required safety equipment is serviceable; the cargo has been properly loaded; and there are no obvious defects in the airframe, undercarriage or engines.
While bodies and wreckage from the Comet jet airliner Yoke Yoke, which disappeared on Thursday night with 14 passengers and a crew of seven, were reported last night to have been picked up from the sea off Italy, the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Mr Lennox-Boyd, withdrew the British
certificate of airworthiness of all Comets, pending further detailed investigations into the cause of recent disasters.