San Francisco Metblogs » Tegucigalpa http://sf.metblogs.com Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:59:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Obscure SFO-related firm screws up other airports too http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/07/11/obscure-sfo-related-firm-screws-up-other-airports-too/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/07/11/obscure-sfo-related-firm-screws-up-other-airports-too/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:33:11 +0000 Mark Pritchard http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/07/11/obscure-sfo-related-firm-screws-up-other-airports-too/ epic-fail.jpgIn the current SF Weekly, Matt Smith documents how a mysterious corporate entity called SFO Enterprises, formed by San Francisco International Airport managers to extend their reach beyond SFO itself, ruined a project to upgrade the airport in the capital city of Honduras. According to Smith’s article, the project was so messed up that it led to at least one fatal incident when an airliner ran off the end of a runway, killing five and injuring 65. Smith goes on to detail the project, the tortured relationship between the Honduran government and SFOE, and the economic “chaos” that resulted when the government shut down the airport for large jets after the accident.

A Google search points to many SF Weekly articles on the mysterious SFO Enterprises going back at least to 2001, but this latest one is so damning it’s a wonder Mayor Gavin Newsom doesn’t do something.

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