The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA on Tuesday imposed unspecified fines running into millions of naira on Aero Contractors and its pilot for using ladder to disembark passengers from its Boeing 737-500 airplane at Bauchi airport.
Announcing the sanctions on Tuesday, Mr Sam Adurogboye, Acting General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA said they are in compliance with Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations, NCARs.
Read the sanctions letter signed by the Director General of NCAA, Captain Mukhtar Usman below.
“The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has imposed an applicable sanction on Aero Contractors Airlines in line with Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs).
”The action of Aero Contractors Airline in allowing the use of a ladder to disembark passengers from a Boeing 737 – 500 aircraft in a non-emergency situation is contrary to its approved aircraft handling manual.
”Therefore this is a violation of Part 9.2.4.2(b) of Nig.CARs which part attracts a civil penalty. All relevant agencies made useful submissions during the course of the investigation.
‘’In view of the safety implications of your action you are hereby sanctioned in accordance with the provisions of Part 20.2.3(15) of the Nig.CARs.
’“Although the incident did not result in any mishap, the aircraft is airworthy and the Crew well qualified to operate the flight. However, it is viewed as a breach and resultantly a fine running into millions of naira have been clamped on the airline to serve as deterrence and to forestall any similar infraction by any other airline operator.
”In addition, the Captain of the flight is similarly fined for failing to comply with the provisions contained in the aircraft manual.”
Posts
0 comments:
Post a Comment