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The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has given Starbow the go ahead to resume flight operations. The airline grounded its flights on October 29, after a near fatal incident resulting from a hydraulic failure.. Two persons were injured in the process. The GCAA subsequently launched an investigations into the matter and also assess the safety of Starbow�s aircrafts. The authority had earlier denied reports that Starbow had been allowed to resume flight operations a day after the incident. But speaking to Citi Business News the Acting Director General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority Abdulai Alhassan said the authority has now revoked its suspension after its investigations revealed that the airline was worthy to fly. �We have presented a letter to Starbow clearing them, this follows a successful assessment of the evaluation of the aircraft, the GCAA found the aircraft airworthy.�The authority hereby revokes the suspension of the aircraft, the aircraft can now commence revenue flights effective 4th November,2014,� he added. The airline will resume flight operations from Wednesday.