Gad Gasatura | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Ugandan |
Citizenship | Ugandan |
Alma mater | City University of London ( Master of Science in Transport Management) |
Occupation(s) | Professional Pilot, Aviation Engineer, Business Consultant |
Years active | 1995–present |
Known for | Aviation, Business Management |
Title | Chairman of Uganda Air Cargo Corporation Limited |
Gad Gasatura is a Ugandan airline transport pilot, transport management expert and former politician, who served as the Chairperson of Uganda National Airlines Company, Uganda's national flag carrier, in 2018 and 2019. [1] Since February 2023, he is the chairman of Uganda Air Cargo Corporation, a cargo and charter airline owned by the Government of Uganda and administered by the Uganda Ministry of Defence. [2]
Gasatura was born in Ntungamo District, in the Western Region of Uganda. He attended Kings College Budo for his high school education, in the early 1970s. [3] He is a qualified professional airline pilot. He also has a Master of Science degree in Transport Management from City University of London. [1] [4]
Gasatura was a member of the Constituent Assembly, which promulgated the 1995 Ugandan Constitution. He is remembered for threatening to secede if the Banyarwanda were not recognized as a Ugandan ethnic group. Later, he served as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Uganda Police Force. He has also served as a pilot for the Christian organisation Mission Aviation Fellowship. [1]
Gad Gasatura has served on the Board of Directors at Barclays Bank of Uganda, Diamond Trust Bank (Uganda) and at the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda. [1]
In 2005, Captain Gasatura was named as head of a team of investigators to probe the crash of an Antonov An-12, registered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as 9Q-CIH, which crashed, soon after takeoff from Entebbe International Airport, on Saturday, 8 January 2005, killing all six crew. [5] The cause of the crash was determined to be "engine failure and overloading". [6]
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