Dear residents of Modiin-Macabim-Reut,
Last week, I along with other members of the Clear Skies campaign committee, met with the General Manager of the Civil Aviation Association, Giora Rom. On his desk were two eye opening signs that read “The chaos in aviation is over”.
Giora Rom was appointed to his position after the Lapidot comission turned in its findings regarding the serious safety failures of the aviation industry for the past many years which make the failures of the second Lebanon War pale in comparison.
Unfortunately the chaos in the Israeli civil aviation authorities is still going strong! Only last month, we read in an article in “Haaretz” that as a result of lack of supervision and management by the airport administration a corn field was allowed to grow wild and caused a mishap in the automatic mechanized descent of two planes which flew low over a dangerous mountainous area and only the pilots’ alertness saved the planes from crashing.
This same mechanized system is what the airport authorities want to put into action to land jets every 10 minutes during the afternoon hours at a height of 300 meters above the heads of the residents of Modiin.
How can we entrust those who cannot even supervise the maintenance of his facilities, with landing 747 aircraft at a low altitude above the heads of our children and hold us hostage to any mechanical mishap or human error?
The Minister of Transportation has remained silent, as well as the Minister for the Protection of the Environment.
The lives of the residents of Or Yehuda have become pure hell, as a result of the takeoff pathway going right over their heads. This will also be our fate if we sit by and keep silent and not protest and generate a loud public outcry that will create shock waves all the way to Jerusalem.
Tomorrow, Friday July 24th, 2009 at 9:30 AM we are all gathering at the parking lot opposite the Iriya, and we drive together to Ben Gurion airport in one long convoy of protest led by our mayor Haim Bibas and the members of the city council, in order to send a clear and precise message to the ministers of the Israeli government:
We will not agree to turn Modiin-Macabim-Reut into part of Ben Gurion Airport!
We will not allow the chaos and irresponsibility of the aviation authorities to celebrate above our children’s heads!
Sincerely,
Yaki Beja
Spokesperson for Clear Skies for Modiin
PS
Please register for the convoy by emailing planes@modiin.us and state your cell phone number so we can keep you posted on last minute updates.
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