The Ghana presidential jet, which was ferried to Dassault Falcon Service in Le Bourget, France, on March 11, 2025, has undergone extensive repairs and is due to return to Ghana soon, Deputy Minister of Defence Ernest Brogya Genfi has told Parliament.
The Falcon 900 executive aircraft has already undergone a leak test of the fuel tanks, a third engine ground run, painting of the wing’s lower panel, with the final acceptance flight test expected to be performed.
The Deputy Minister of Defence, Ernest Brogya Genfi, who made this known on the floor of Parliament today [Nov 6, 2025], said the Falcon 900 executive aircraft will return after all necessary tests have been completed.
He said this when he responded to the question on the floor of Parliament.
The MP for Jaman South, Kwadwo Damoah, had sought to know what specific steps the Defence Ministry was taking to repair the presidential jet which had been grounded in France since March 11, 2025 due to serious corrosion problems.
Mandatory inspection
Responding, the deputy minister said the Falcon aircraft was ferried for services in France on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 for the 24 monthly and 16,000 flying hours periodic inspection.
He said the inspection was a mandatory air worthiness requirement that ensures that main maintenance cast and duelist cast were compiled with for the 24 monthly inspection and also complete functional checks.
He informed the House that the reported corrosion spots detected within the aircraft’s fuel tanks which affected the aircraft delivery date had undergone extensive repairs.
"These corrosion issues in the fuel tanks have since been resolved," he said.
He, however, said in the course of inspection, fuel leakages were observed from the right-hand wing’s fuel tanks.
“Unfortunately, after successfully repairing the section of the wing that experienced the leakages, another challenge was encountered while reinstalling the lower panel beneath the wing.
“This occurrence has resulted in further delay in the completion of the inspection,” he said.
Independent assessment
Following the difficulty encountered, the deputy minister said Dassault Aviation invited the Falcon wing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the Dassault Falcon Services hangers.
That, he said, was to enable the OEM conduct an onsite assessment of the right-hand wing lower panel and provide independent technical recommendations aimed at expediting the repair and reinstallation process.
“The repair from OEM has been successfully carried and the right-hand wing repairs has also been completed,” he assured.
On completion of the rectification, Mr Brogya Genfi said the aircraft had to undergo a leak test of the fuel tanks, a third engine ground run, painting of the wing’s lower panel, and finally an acceptance flight test would be performed.
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