Sunday, July 06, 2014

Why Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority grounds airlines after crashes

The Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Mr Benedict Adeyileka has opened up as to why the regulatory agency grounds airlines immediately after accidents.

Adeyileka attributed such groundings to the decision by the authority to restore public confidence and carry out full audit of such airlines.

Apart from this, he also disclosed that in most cases, airlines involved in crashes are reluctant to return to flight operations immediately, which further leads to longer grounding of their entire fleet, not by the agency, but by the airlines themselves.


Read more here:  http://www.tribune.com.ng

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