The Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu has said that those involved in the violation of the Nigerian aviation regulations in the impounded aircraft in Dubai would be sanctioned accordingly.
Captain Nuhu who disclosed this at a zoom meeting during the gateway forum of the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondent on Wednesday, said Nigeria had concluded its investigation and forwarded all relevant documentation to the UAE Authorities and the State of aircraft registration which is the United States.
He said additional information that was requested, which was received earlier on Wednesday in a letter to the NCAA by UAE authorities and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had been sent, adding that the impounded aircraft was not a Nigerian aircraft but US registered, brought into Nigeria to operate under the Air Operators Certificate (AOC) of Nigeria.
On the 19th of July this year during the pandemic lockdown, a chartered aircraft from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, was impounded at the Dubai International Airport shortly after arriving the UAE.
According to reports, it was alleged that after a random ramp inspection by the UAE Civil Aviation authorities, serious safety infractions were discovered on it and subsequently impounded.
The chartered plane was alleged to have flown some Nigerian mineral merchants to Dubai.
