NCAA Ground Foreign Aircraft Illegal Operation

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has grounded two foreign registered aircraft for flying and operating in the nation’s airspace using falsified flight clearance information and conducting illegal domestic flight operations.

The spokesman of the regulatory authority, Mr Sam Adurogboye, disclosed this directive on Sunday in a statement.

According to Adurogboye, the aircraft are Bombardier 700-100 with registration marks G-RBEN Global express S/N 9083 operated by Gama Aviation, United (UK) Limited and Embraer 135 J with registration marks XA-MHA.

The operator of G-RBEN aircraft, he said was found operating in Nigeria’s airspace with falsified flight clearance information and conducting illegal domestic flight operations in Nigeria.

Other infractions the aircraft carried out he said include conducting illegal commercial revenue flight operations contrary to conditions contained in Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (NCARs) Part 10 and security violations.

He said investigations revealed that the Embraer 135BJ registration marks XA-MHA was reported to have landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from London, Farnborough without any flight clearance on the 10th of September, 2015.