The Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Fola Akinkuotu, has said the incident that involved IRS Airlines at the Kaduna Airport, Kaduna State was not an emergency landing.
Akinkuotu, therefore, called on the public to shun all misconceptions pertaining to the IRS Airline hydraulic leakage incidence that occurred on October 13, 2013, resulting to a call for emergency landing at the Kaduna Airport.
He stated this in a media briefing at the Aviation House Headquarters, Abuja to clarify the incorrect information circulating in certain quarters of the media.
Akinkuotu stated: “For the purpose of reinforcement, the Authority wishes to restate that the affected F100 aircraft operated by IRS Airline, REG. No 5N-HIR landed safely at the Kaduna Airport, following a hydraulic alert in the cockpit while on final approach at the airport.
“Not all situations are emergencies.
“A situation can be abnormal but that does not make it an emergency.”
The DG used the occasion to appeal to journalists that news reports on aircraft incidence and accident should be handled with caution.
He said all facts should cross-checked with the appropriate authorities because of the sensitive nature of the aviation industry to the public at large.
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