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Civil aviation authorities in the United Arab Emirates have impounded a private jet operated by a Nigerian airline over serious safety defects.
According to them, the UAE civil aviation authority has contacted the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and the United States Federal Aviation Authority on the development, the regulators of civil aviation of both countries. Aside from other safety violations by the operators of the plane, the UAE authorities found out that the plane was conducting an illegal flight to Dubai as there were no documents to prove that the plane had approval for commercial flight.
The official further said, “The problem is that some charter airlines in Nigeria have many planes under their AOC and they are not monitoring them. Dubai is holding it because there are many open items on the plane. It is big trouble. One of the open items is that it was doing commercial flights; It is private category. Unfortunately, it was registered as commercial under the AOC of one of our airlines. This thing makes it to appear as if we don’t know what are doing in Nigeria.
The US had awarded its Category One status to Nigeria some 10 years ago. The highly coveted safety status permits Nigerian airlines to operate direct flights to the US.
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