The Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has inaugurated a task force on the disposal of abandoned aircraft in all airports across the country.
The task force, FAAN said in a statement on Wednesday, became necessary because the abandoned aircraft constitute serious safety hazard on the airside, apart from being an eyesore at the airports.
FAAN said some of these aircraft have been abandoned for upwards of 10 years.
At the inaugural meeting, the task force called on owners of such abandoned aircrafts to evacuate them immediately because of the danger posed by such. The task force noted that some owners have responded to earlier appeals by the Authority and are already making arrangement to evacuate them.
It will be re-called that several appeals have been made in the past to remove this abandoned aircrafts by the Authority, including meetings with the owners and publication of paid notices in various newspapers in the past five years.
Some of the owners of the abandoned aircraft had taken FAAN to court over the issue and got court injunctions that made it difficult for the Authority to carry out this exercise before now.
Some of these cases, FAAN said, have now been concluded hence the commencement of the disposal exercise, for the abandoned aircraft, which cases have been concluded.
The Chairman of the task force, who is also the Director of Airport Operations, Captain Henry Omeogu, called on owners of abandoned aircraft to evacuate them, as a last and final warning.
Failure to abide by this appeal, Omeogu said, will necessitate a drastic action by the authority to clear the airports of these encumbrances.
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