Besides human error, the weather has been identified as major cause of air accidents. The writer notes that recent weather-related incidents in flight operations call for another review of agencies and airlines collaboration on flight safety Recently there was a virile video where passengers who disembarked from one of United Nigeria Airlines flight knelt down […]
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) said that poor equipment and inadequate personnel impede the ability of its members to effectively manage flight movement in Nigeria’s airspace. This was disclosed at the weekend by NATCA President, Mr. Abayomi Agoro who identified dearth of controllers, obsolete and poor equipment as some of the challenges threatening […]
The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji, has stressed the need for more funding of the aviation agencies to enable them cope with the increase in demands for air travel. Nnaji made this known in Abuja, during an interaction between the committee and the heads of agencies led by the Permanent […]
The President of the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Mr. Abdulrazaq Saudi has said the labour union may embark on protest against the alleged lopsided employment of workers into the aviation agencies. He said this was as a result of the recent alleged employment of 130 staff into the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) […]
In order to further secure Nigeria’s airspace and be able to identify every aircraft flying in any part of the country, the federal government has moved to complete the Wider Area Mulitlateration project, which is aimed at identifying low flying aircraft, which include single engine equipment, helicopters and others. Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) is a […]
