The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr. Muhammad Babandede, has ordered the redeployment of 518 personnel from five major airports in the country.
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DANA AIR PLANE ABORTS FLIGHT AFTER MID-AIR COLLISION WITH BIRD
A Dana Air aircraft en-route Port Harcourt on Friday morning, made an ‘air return’, some minutes after take-off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport II, Lagos. The aircraft, with registration number 5N-SRI returned after colliding with a bird mid-air. The Communications Manager of the airline, Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, confirmed the incident in a statement. Ezenwa said the captain took a professional […]
Continue reading »TWO AIR PEACE AIRCRAFT COLLIDE AT LAGOS AIRPORT
Two aircraft belonging to Air Peace Limited had a ground collision, on Thursday, while one of them was trying to manoeuvre its way out at the apron wing of the local terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MM2) Ikeja, Lagos. The incident, which occurred barely 48 hours after an Aero Contractors aircraft was engulfed in smoke while attempting to land […]
Continue reading »POLICE SUMMONS FAAN BOSS OVER HQ FIRE
The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, is to appear before a police team investigating the Tuesday fire that gutted some offices at the FAAN headquarters in Lagos. Dunoma made the disclosure while briefing newsmen after inspecting the damage caused by the fire which affected some offices at the headquarters earlier in the day. […]
Continue reading »FIRE ENGULFS FAAN HEADQUARTERS, NORMAL SERVICE ON
Workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were nearly asphyxiated this morning when thick smoke emanating from serious fire from one part of the headquarters of the agency engulfed the whole offices and forced the workers to scamper for safety. When called, one of the officers from Public Affairs Department he responded, “Please I can’t talk now. This […]
Continue reading »GERMAN NATIONAL DIES AFTER SLUMPING AT LAGOS AIRPORT
A German national, Mr Brenard Christo, who slumped on Friday at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, has died at an undisclosed hospital. The spokesman for the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, confirmed the death of the German to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Alabi said the deceased was waiting to […]
Continue reading »AIRLINES SEEK 45% INCREASE IN FARES AS GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO END AVIATION FUEL SCARCITY
The current spike in the exchange rate of the dollar to the naira may be taking its toll on the country’s foreign-exchange-dependent aviation sector as airline operators seek to increase their fares by 45 per cent. The dollar exchange rate, which currently stands at N350, according to the airline operators, has further pushed the cost of running the business beyond […]
Continue reading »FULLY LOADED FUEL TANKER CRASHES, SPILLS CONTENT AT MURTALA MUHAMMED INT’L AIRPORT TOLL GATE (PICTURES)
At the early hours of today, a 33,000 litres capacity fuel tanker approaching the Murtala Muhammed International Airport toll gate from the Sahara Energy tank farm end, crashed and spilled its content on the road.
Continue reading »TRAGEDY AVERTED AS TWO FIRSTNATION AIRCRAFTS COLLIDE AT LAGOS AIRPORT: FIRSTNATION BLAMES FAAN
Tragedy was averted, for the second time in less than 2 weeks, on Friday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2) in Lagos following a ground collision of two aircraft belonging to FirstNation Airways. A similar incident had occurred at the airport on July 6, following the collision of two aircrafts belonging to Emirates and Hak Air.
Continue reading »EMIRATES, HAK AIR COLLIDE AT LAGOS AIRPORT
Disaster was averted on Monday night at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos as passengers aboard Emirates flight to Dubai escaped a ground crash after their aircraft collided with a stationary plane belonging to Hak Air. It was learnt that the Boeing 777-200R aircraft with over 300 passengers collided with another Boeing 737-400 while taxiing for take-off and this led to […]
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