The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has started reviewing the engines of some commercial aircraft types manufactured by Boeing, especially Boeing B737 in reaction to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which ordered test on the aircraft engine types of South West Airlines Flight 1380, which exploded recently while airborne. Last week one of the […]
As part of its strategic route expansion drive across Nigeria, Dana Air has announced plans to introduce Owerri- Abuja –Owerri flights on May 1. ”We are greatly delighted to introduce an additional flight on our Owerri route, connecting Owerri to Abuja and back, said Kingsley Ezenwa, Dana Air’s Media and Communications Manager. ‘’ This is part of […]
An airline passenger who was killed Tuesday when an engine explosion caused a window to break died of blunt impact trauma to her head, neck and torso, according to the Philadelphia medical examiner. James Garrow of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health told reporters Wednesday evening that Jennifer Riordan’s death was ruled accidental. Riordan, a banker and community volunteer in […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has revealed how poor regulation, lack of crew resource management caused the crash of Flight 561 operated by Associated Aviation on October 3, 2013 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, which led to 16 fatalities. The crash which involved Embraer EMB 120 aircraft with registration number 5N-BJY […]
The East African carrier, Kenya Airways has accused aviation unions, especially the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) of not protecting the interest of its members. The airline said that it has made efforts recently to negotiate with the union before 22 workers were laid off on redundancy but the leaders of the union […]
