A fuel standoff between Ogle Airport Incorporated (OAI) and Air Services Limited (ASL) climaxed when a senior official of the airline rammed a fuel tanker through the padlocked airport gate on Thursday and the police are investigating the matter.
According to reports reaching this newspaper yesterday, at around 6:30pm on Thursday the driver of a fuel tanker, followed by a canter truck, approached the main gate leading to the airport and he was stopped by airport security. He was informed that he could not enter the environs of the airport by security and a senior official attached to the airline arrived at the scene. After a delay and heated argument between the official and security, the latter took control of the tanker and drove into the padlocked gates at the airport while the driver of the canter drove behind.
The standoff has its genesis in the supply of fuel to aircraft at Ogle. OAI says only authorised suppliers can be used according to the
