On May 22, 2023, a TikTok account shared a video narrated in Luganda with a title that translates to: “Entebbe Airport woes worsening, it is all tears as [it] heads for closure.”
In the video, a narrator claims Uganda's only international airport had failed an audit conducted by the ICAO.
“Now the experts from ICAO have conducted a test on Entebbe to evaluate its standards, and in the final count, Entebbe airport has failed.”
For this reason, according to the narrator, the airport was destined to close.
The TikTok account shares content in the local Luganda language and provides “entertainment and celebrity news updates”.
Online users commenting on the video listed other airports they could use in the event Entebbe was closed.
But the claim that the airport’s days are numbered because of a poor ICAO audit outcome is inaccurate.
ICAO spokesman William Raillant-Clark told AFP Fact Check that the organisation “does not audit airports” as is claimed in the post. Regulators, however, are audited.
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