This is from the Daily Observer's Sept 20 issue. 

      I hope the responsible authorities (perhaps the National Assembly) would order an independent investigation to determine HOW and WHY a foreign investor could, in only a few years become such a national problem.

       Malanding Jaiteh

      Missing parts delay Air Dabia plane sale
      
     
     The sheriff's division of the High Court has abruptly suspended the sale of two Air Dabia planes as some parts of the aircraft were reported missing, highly placed sources told Daily Observer.
      
     
     The two aircraft were attached recently by the High Court following Air Dabia's failure to pay $800,000 to its former employees. Sources close to the judiciary told Daily Observer that some officials of the sheriff's division last week went to the airport and inspected the aircraft but were told that some parts of the aircraft were missing. 

      "We are not sure whether the items were removed before we attached the aircraft," said a court official. 

      A source at the sheriff's division had written to the management of Air Dabia to immediately return the missing parts. 

      "We will institute legal action against you if you fail to return the parts of the aircraft," the letter addressed to the Air Dabia company stated. 

      An official of Air Dabia has written to the sheriff's division informing them that the items were removed before the court order. 

      "We would like to inform you that the said accessories have been taken out to avoid them being exposed. This exercise is done and authorised in the aeronautic system," said a letter dated September 16 addressed to the sheriff. 

      An official of the sheriff's division however said, "we are going ahead with the sales."