Claim: Airports have been built with foreign aid money where planes can't take off and land because of winds.
Fact-check: Was foreign aid money spent on an airport that doesn't run flights? - Full Fact
Verdict: st helena airport, which was built with £285 million of foreign aid, was unable to run commercial flights when it first opened due to wind shear on the island. but since october 2017 it has run commercial flights.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2019-06-12T00:00:00