According to the Letter: “During a Ramp Inspection on your Airbus A319 Aircraft with registration mark 5N-FNE at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), it was discovered that the PIC was not in personal possession of a current medical certificate neither was it readily accessible”
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Okakpu was reacting to the public outcry over alleged negligence of the airline on its aircrafts maintenance
“The investigation is being carried out by NCAA through the active involvement of the airline itself and with the authorities in South Africa
The Minister made these disclosures in Abuja while addressing the media on the recovery of revenue from government agencies
In another development, the Senate confirmed receipt of four letters of appointment for confirmation from President Godluck Jonathan
He said NCAA would want to reiterate that passenger belligerence and violence are certainly against aviation regulations and would attract appropriate sanctions, adding that passengers should desist from such acts
This was made up of 99 passengers and five crew members
He said the airline management was awaiting the approval of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to commence the use of the aircraft.
A statement on Friday by the office of the Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards confirmed the development
Contrary to the usual practice, State House correspondents were said to have been barred from interviewing any member of the delegation, which included traditional rulers, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, former Governor Sam Egwu of Ebonyi State, Chief Emmanuel Inwuanyanwu and former Minister of Health, Prof. ABC Nwosu
The Chief Executive Officer of Armouring LLC, Dave Simmons, said to purchase, armour and deliver the BMW 760LI to Nigeria would cost a maximum of N37.9 million, which would bring the cost of the two vehicles bought for Oduah to N75.8 million instead of the N225 million paid by the NCAA
The Director-General, NCAA, Captain Fola Akinkuotu, disclosed this at a press conference at the head office of the Federal Ministry of Aviation in Abuja on Friday
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
However, while the NCAA on Friday gave the manufacturing and registration dates of the aircraft in Nigeria as 1987, the airline said the aircraft was manufactured in 1990
It seems the Nigerian pilots have grabbed or attracted political insulation and immunity to themselves by virtue of transporting political heavyweights around the country. They have managed to convert errors to bragging rights, so much that simple instructions by Air Traffic Controllers are simply parried, glossed over or ignored outrightly, because of their association with the political bigwigs onboard their aircraft
The airline’s licence was initially suspended after one of its flight from Abuja to Lagos crashed in Lagos, killing all 153 persons on board and several others on the ground
Quoting a statement from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, the short news item said Demuren was removed because of unfavourable comments from aviation stakeholders
Released as Flight 214, the Boeing 737-400 series, marked 5N-BPA, had 74 passengers on board
The delay, according to the Director General of the NCAA, Dr. Harold Demuren, was caused by the failure of the families to complete the process for the payment
Following the incidence, the NCAA through its spokesperson, Sam Adurogboye, reassured Nigerians not to entertain any form of fear about the security of flight operations in the country