Berlin Airport – report exposes control chaos at BER – Süddeutsche.de

• In a BER Test Report now but released after initial secrecy, there is talk of a “control chaos”.
• The owners of the airport is lack of supervision accused the Supervisory lack of care and lack of objectivity.

From Jens Schneider , Berlin

the panel was highly occupied, at the top were the Government of the Federal Lander concerned. But it apparently has brought little, if the Supervisory Board convened for the construction of the new Berlin airport together: In June 2012, the grand opening celebration in Schönefeld had to be canceled. The airport was simply unusable, it was not the first rejection. The Supervisory Board had apparently overlooked many warning signs for months and not enough demand, if it was necessary. From a “control chaos” the state audit Brandenburg speaks in a more than 400-page report, which analyzes the disaster of still not opened airport thoroughly.

The report was initially kept secret and was now under pressure from the Landtag published in Potsdam. It provides the supervisory boards of no good report. There were among others the then Berlin Prime Minister Klaus Wowereit as chairman and Brandenburg Minister President of those years, Matthias Platzeck (both SPD). Now the prosecutor has the analysis apparently used as an opportunity to consider criminal charges for that time in charge.

The owners is lack of supervision of the construction accused

Investigators in Cottbus have the report of the state Audit Office of Potsdam requested, in which the owners of the airport, which are Berlin, Brandenburg and the federal government, the lack of supervision of construction is accused. “We will consider whether there is evidence of a crime,” said Attorney General Horst Nothbau dpa. It could go to participating companies, the airport company, but also board members. But he stressed that there was no investigation

airport Berlin The BER does not have air

Who would have thought: On capital airport it going. But at the opening it is already much too small.

The state audit had complained earlier that leading government politicians would not have the capacity to control the construction of the airport reasonable. Thereafter, the Minister of Brandenburg left the body

The further allegations. Lack of care and lack of objectivity

This report thoroughly demonstrated the lack of political control. The auditors note lack of care, risks have been disregarded. They deal well with it, whether it was right that the former Board was not taken recourse. In 2013, there had been an adhesion test. Their quality attracts the Court in doubt. He complained that supervisory board members, but also the management of the airport company, mainly on the examination could influence – the thing seems to lack objectivity Wear. A renewed adhesion test could come to a different conclusion, the Court wrote.

After four opening dates had burst, the Supervisory Board was made a year ago the goal to open the airport in the second half 2017. However, there are already again delays, in the next few weeks to decide whether the deadline can be.

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