Aviation Security (AVSEC) staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Wednesday apprehended a man, Mr. Alabibu Olushola, who was attempting to stow away in a taxing aircraft on the tarmac of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, just as an aged man died onboard Arik Air Owerri to Lagos flight. The suspect […]
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 52 year old Nigerian woman of British extraction over alleged currency trafficking. The suspect, Olukoya Sarah Ogunade was arrested while trying to board a Virgin Atlantic flight to London at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. During search, she was found with […]
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has been named Best First Class and Best Long Haul Airline Middle-East and Africa at the AirlineRatings.com 2016 Airline Excellence Awards. AirlineRatings.com, the world’s only comprehensive safety and product rating portal, celebrates and promotes excellence in the airline industry. The pinnacle of these efforts is […]
The British government should not give final approval to the expansion of London’s Heathrow airport until it shows it accepts and will comply with environmental conditions, a parliamentary committee said in a report. Members of parliament on the Environmental Audit Committee said Heathrow must show it can reconcile expansion with a commitment to introduce a […]
Chronic problems with a faulty rudder system and the way pilots tried to respond were among a string of factors contributing to the crash of an Indonesia AirAsia jet last year that killed all 162 on board, Reuters reports. The Airbus A320 crashed into the Java Sea on December 28, less than halfway into a […]
