FG Bans Boeing 737 Max Airplanes From Nigeria
Boeing 737 Max airplanes have been banned from flying into Nigeria’s airspace following a fatal crash in Ethiopia ,Hadi Sirika, minister of state, for aviation, has said.
The Federal government has joined Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom in banning Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 aircraft from flying into the country.
Sirika disclosed this to journalists at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The minister stated that;“Regarding Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9, that has been in the news recently, there is no cause for alarm as there is no operator in Nigeria that is using that type of airplane,” he said.
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The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, whose mandate it is to issue advisory, has already issued advisory that nobody should fly into Nigeria or out of Nigeria using Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9, pending the determination of the actual cause of the crash in Ethiopia and also pending the outcome of the response of the manufacturer, which is Messers Boeing.
He added that“ Regardless of the enormous safety records of this plane 737, it has caused concern in the world of aviation and you know aviation is universal, whatever affects one affects the other because aircraft will be flying in and out.
“So, we have issued directive that no operator with Boeing 737 Max 8 or Max 9 should operate into and outside our airports and this is being carried out.”
Recall that the 157 persons on board the ill-fated aircraft were killed. Two Nigerians: Pius Adesanmi, a professor, and Abiodun Bashua, an ex-diplomat, lost their lives in the incident.
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