MEA Pilots Protest Miqdad”s Murder
Middle East Airlines pilots on Thursday held a one-hour strike to protest Captain Ghassan Miqdad”s murder in Beirut”s Ouzai neighborhood the day before, the National News Agency reported.
It said the pilots stopped working 10-11 am to protest the murder of Miqdad, who was buried Thursday morning.
Flight movement at Rafik Hariri international airport was not effected except for the delay of one MEA flight to Cairo, according to NNA.
"The steps taken today by MEA pilots are aimed at strongly denouncing this heinous crime," said head of Lebanese Pilots Syndicate Captain Mahmoud Houmani.
He said security and judicial sources were investigating Miqdad”s murder.
"For the time being these are the measures that we took. We won”t stop following up the issue to find out the truth behind the crime," Houmani said in response to a question.
He refused to reveal whether the pilot”s murder had personal or political reasons.
"All that I can say is that Captain Miqdad was not a member of any political party," Houmani said.