The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the incident occurred at about 11am, forcing the pilot to abort the flight
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AMCON made the claim in a statement signed by its spokesman, Jude Nwauzor, on Sunday in Lagos
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Nigeria’s largest carrier, Arik Air, and Aero Contractors, which are the oldest indigenous airlines, have been taken over by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria over their huge debt profiles
Speaking on the topic: “Focus on Nigeria’s Aviation Sector,” on a Channels TV programme, The Crux, Babalakin, whose firm, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, manages the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two, said infrastructure deficit was a deliberate position of the government
Karu made this known at a meeting with the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions on Wednesday in Abuja
The spokesman of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria, Jude Nwauzor, made the announcement in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos
Captain Nogie Meggisson, Chairman, AON, made the claim on Sunday in Lagos while reacting to the takeover of Arik Air and Aero Contractors by the Assets Management Company of Nigeria
The asset company made the disclosure in a statement signed by its Spokesman, Jude Nwauzor, in Lagos
Arik Air was taken over by the Federal Government on Thursday following its indebtedness, which has been put at over N30 billion
AMCON had taken over the airline following its huge indebtedness of the company to both local and foreign creditors
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the no fewer than 20 passengers besieged the office for over three hours demanding for a refund of their fares following the cancellation of their flights
The best we can expect from the sector will only be manifest once there is a marshal plan to drop the escalating cost in operations, engage one or more airline operators to partner with government as temporal national carrier (with immediate effect) to mitigate the suffering of travellers and save the lives of aviation workers
Some of the disappointed passengers made the complaint to the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, at the airport during the on-the-spot assessment of the facilities on ground at the airport
The General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos
The passengers, who were scheduled to fly on Tuesday, were kept at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos until they commenced the protest that led to long delays in the operations of the airline on other routes
The NCAA also ordered the airline to pay its passengers, whose baggage were delayed on the London to Lagos route between December 2 and 4
The airline made its position known in a statement signed by its Communications Manager, Ola Adebanji, in Lagos
This was made known in a communique signed by the leadership of the unions, Arik Air management and a representative of the NCAA
An official of the Airport who did not want his name in print told NAN that Arik had been the only domestic carrier with the capacity to manage the passenger traffic
The unions gave the directive in a strike notice in Lagos on Monday