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The recurring aircraft incidents is beginning to erode confidence in air travel, signalling a red flag about the nation’s air safety, writes WOLE SHADARE   Unsettled travelling public These days, passengers call, send emails to know what airline tickets they should buy for their trips within the country. Assurances that Nigerian airlines are very safe despite the many incidents/accidents recorded in recent times did not assuage their fears. But nothing has so unsettled the traveling public recently…

  Pensioners of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) have given the management of the organisation two weeks to address the issue of the withdrawal of some benefits being enjoyed in the past 14 years or face industrial unrest.  This followed the stalemated meeting of July24 2019 between the ad-hoc committee put in place by the managing director to look into the issue with the pensioners.  The pensioners, under the aegis of Nigeria Union…

  Passengers express worry    Concerned about the recurring incidents involving Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Air Peace, the aviation regulatory body, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has commenced audit of the airline. The public has also expressed worry over frequent incidents associated with the airline in recent times. They stated that this could erode passengers’ confidence in air travel. Air Peace had been involved in three serious incidents in less than six months which followed almost the…

As part of efforts to improve service delivery across airports in the country, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it is determined to improved service delivery to ensure passengers have value for their money. This is just as the agency said it has established a Management Taskforce on Service Delivery . The Managing Director FAAN, Capt Rabiu Yadudu, who  disclosed this during  an interactive forum at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed…

…Says Captain noticed warning signals Medview Airline has given a graphic picture of what happened to its aircraft which was involved in an incident leading to depressurisation while descending from 32000ft altitude. Aircraft depressurisation events are rare, but they can occur with little or no warning. The faster passengers put on their oxygen mask on, the better the chance that they will stay safe and remain capable of helping others. Depressurisation occurs in a matter of…

Crew carried out emergency descent procedure-AIB . Two days after Air Peace Boeing 737 was involved in an accident that saw its front collapsed, another Nigerian carrier, Medview Airlines B737-500 aircraft with registration 5N-BQM was involved in a serious incident en-route Lagos from Abuja One of the passengers who called New Telegraph yesterday said he just has a ‘crazy experience on  my Medview flight into Lagos”. The pilot, he said was making announcement as the plane…

For divine intervention, passengers onboard escaped unhurt as an Air Peace flight from Port Harcourt airport made a forceful landing in Lagos. Our correspondent gathered that the B737 aircraft dropped from about 20 feet into the Lagos airport runway causing substantial damage to the plane’s front wheel. The forceful landing LED to burst front tyre. As at the time of filing this report, the Accident Investigation Bureau are inspecting the accident. AIB said it would…

Arik Air, Nigeria’s leading airline has introduced a special fare for members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. The applicable fare starts from N20, 000.00 for one-way economy class ticket on any of Arik Air’s domestic routes. The fare is applicable to all categories of serving and retired personnel of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. The Armed Forces covered by the scheme are Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Air Force. The scheme, which is…