NCAA suspends pilots of jet that landed on Delta road

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the aviator and archetypal serviceman of a backstage craft that landed connected a roadworthy successful Delta State, pending the result of an ongoing probe into the incident.

The Director General of the NCAA, Captain Chris Najomo, disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking to journalists connected the sidelines of the Airport Business Summit successful Lagos.

Najomo said the craft had besides been grounded, portion its Permit for Non-Commercial Flight (PNCF) had been suspended.

According to him, “The probe is inactive ongoing. The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has handed the probe to us. We are carrying retired our ain investigation. As we speak, the craft is grounded and the Permit for Non-Commercial Flight has been suspended.”

He added that some pilots would not beryllium allowed to run successful Nigerian airspace until the probe was concluded.

“The pilots are suspended from flying successful this airspace until we reason our probe because, arsenic a aviator for 45 years, I can’t spot a roadworthy and onshore connected it. You volition besides look astatine the oth...