First Nation blames FAAN for aircraft collision
First Nation Airways has blamed officials of the Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria for the incident involving two of it aircraft .
An official of the airline, Rasheed Yusuf said in a statement said if
FAAN officials were diligent, the incident would have been avoided.
The statement read: ” This Press Release is to clarify
the ground
incident that occurred on Friday, July 17, 2015. Our Aircraft Registered
No. 5N-FND wing tip touched the wing tip of another sister aircraft
already parked at another gate. This incident is avoidable if the
Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria marshallers had been diligent to
avoid marshalling the aircraft wrongly.
” We urge the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to retrain
the marshallers as we understand that the marshallers at MMA2 are
deployed by FAAN under an MOU with Bi-Courtney Aviation Services
Limited, the operator of MMA2, Ikeja. It is important to emphasize that
at no time was the safety of passengers at risk.
“The regulatory authorities will also need to enhance oversight of
the marshallers and their authorisation to arrest the growing incidents
of aircraft damage on ground in Nigeria which is embarrassing. Besides
the huge losses that Firstnation and other airlines suffer as a result
of avoidable ground incidents. You will recall that a similar incident
involving Emirate aircraft occurred only a couple of days ago.
” Firstnation Airways takes passengers’ safety seriously. The
regulatory authority (NCAA) has been informed of the above incident.
Aircraft has been assessed and repairs is ongoing to ensure that the
aircraft return to service in strict compliance with the highest safety
standard in accordance with industry best practices.
” First nation Airways since launch in 2011 continues to build high
standard of operation with safety as the airline’s essential focus.”
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