Three weeks to the scheduled International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) audit of major Nigerian airport, it has emerged that some of the facility to be used for the exercise may not meet the expected standards. The outcome of the inspection would determine whether the airports would be certified or not. THISDAY checks revealed that some […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has stated that if countries in Africa remove travel restrictions and encourage flight operations by African airlines, the continent would develop its economy without relying on Europe, Asia or the US. IATA also expressed the belief that African nations can grow $80 billion annually in their GDP, create 6.9 […]
The Commissioner of Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Dr. Felix Abali has called for an end to interference by the public in cases of air accidents Nigeria. He made the pronouncement following interference with facts on investigation into causes of accidents and obstruction of rescue operations by people who crowd accident scenes. Abali said the AIB […]
In order to improve air transport safety in Africa, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have pledged to collaborate closely to jointly develop the African Union’s 2012 Abuja Declaration on Aviation Safety in Africa. The agreement was sealed at a meeting held between NCAA Director General, Captain Muhtar […]
A US Airways crew whose nose-gear collapsed during an aborted takeoff in Philadelphia entered the wrong information into the flight computer and then reacted incorrectly to the mistake, federal investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the incident March 13, 2014, resulted from the captain’s decision to reject the takeoff until the Airbus […]