Engine failure: NCAA orders Rano Air aircraft to remain grounded
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"The NCAA prioritises safety. The records are clear. More advanced countries have worse air incidents than Nigeria because, here, flights will get cancelled if there is the slightest concern about safety.”
By Paul Dada
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced it has grounded an aircraft operated by Rano Air because of an engine failure.
The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of NCAA, Michael Achimugu in a post on X, said the affected aircraft was with the registration number 5N-BZY. experienced a failure on its engine 1.
Achimugu wrote: “The Rano aircraft 5N-BZY experienced a failure on its engine 1. Smoke was noticed in the cabin and flight deck. Oxygen masks were donned.
“The appropriate safety protocols were initiated on the ground for landing. Smoke dissipated. Pilot safely landed the aircraft without incident.
“The NCAA Directorate of Airworthiness instructed that the aircraft 5N-BZY remain grounded until the conclusion of investigations.
“The rescue aircraft that was to then airlift passengers out of Sokoto had already boarded Abuja-Katsina passengers. It would have created problems to deboard those passengers. The flight out of Sokoto was, therefore, cancelled. 5N-BYZ is still on the ground with engineers working on it.”
“The NCAA prioritises safety. The records are clear. More advanced countries have worse air incidents than Nigeria because, here, flights will get cancelled if there is the slightest concern about safety.”
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