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Speaking, the Director General Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Musa Nuhu
declared that NCAA recognises the joint review of the Boeing 737 MAX Safety System as carried out by a Joint Authority Technical Review (JATR) that comprised International Aviation Authorities such as the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Transport Canada (TC) and the Singapore Civil Aviation Authority amongst others on the Boeing 737 MAX safety system alongside FAA and NASA.
“Consequently, the FAA released documents on Boeing 737 Flight Standardisation Board Report, Revision 17, identifying special pilot training for the 737 MAX and Safety Alert for Operators.”
To this end, the NCAA DG listed actions required of all foreign and domestic operators to include that, all intending domestic operators are required to work with the Boeing Company and NCAA for the Aircraft Type Certificate Acceptance Programme in order to have the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft registered in Nigeria and issued with a St
Boeing’s 737 Max fleet was grounded globally after the fatal crashes, the first a Lion Air flight which crashed into the sea off Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2018, and the second an Ethiopian Airlines’ flight which crashed shortly after take off from Addis Ababa in March, 2019. In total, 346 people were killed, including Prof Pius Adesanmi, Canada-based Nigerian social critic.
But in November 2020, the United States aviation regulatory body, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), granted approval for the Boeing 737 Max aircraft to commence flight operations.
The FAA in a letter signed by its Administrator, Steve Dickson, said its employees worked assiduously in the last 20 months to address the safety issues that triggered the crashes.
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JUST IN: NCAA lifts ban on Boeing 737 Max Aircraft in Nigeria airspace
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By Lawani Mikairu
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Sunday said the ban on Boeing 737 Max Aircraft operating in the Nigerian Airspace has been lifted. The ban was placed following two fatal accident involving the aircraft.
A statement signed by the Director General, NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu said the lifting of the ban came into effect on 12th February, 2021.
Captain Nuhu in the statement said : “Consequent upon the two accidents of Lion Air Flight 610, an Indonesia flight which crashed into the Java Sea 13mins after takeoff, and Ethiopian Airlines flight 320, which crashed six minutes after takeoff, made the Honourable Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika pronounced the ban on the operations of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in the Nigerian airspace.”