An Accra bound Arik Air Flight W3304 from Lagos on Tuesday night caught fire 35 minutes after takeoff from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The 55 minutes flight was operated by Bombardier Q400 (Dash 8) aircraft and it took off at about 7:20 pm Nigerian time. A passenger who narrated his experience in […]
Two officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos have been arrested by members of the Aviation Security (AVSEC) of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) for allegedly aiding human trafficking. THISDAY gathered from an insider that the officers had attempted to traffic six underage girls to […]
Nigerian Customs personnel at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos have been accused of conniving with cargo agents to deprive the federal government revenues that accrue from imported commodities. Reports indicate that almost half of the goods imported are not declared by cargo agents because they allegedly collude with Customs personnel, so government […]
Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in this interview with journalists, shed more lights on why the agency automated its car park at the Lagos Airport. Excerpts: Why did the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) decide to automate the car park at the General […]
Pilot of Air Peace flight to Abuja from Lagos took immediate action when he saw cargo hold light flash in the cockpit, meaning that all was not well. The aircraft was at the holding point, waiting for the directive from the traffic control to take off. The light which flashed for 15 seconds sent his […]
