United Nigeria had dispatch error, NCAA investigation reveals; lifts suspension on operations

Oru Leonard 

The investigation by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has revealed numerous non-adherence to industry standards in the operations of United Nigeria Airlines, which led to the wrong dispatch of its flight to Asaba instead of Abuja airport last Sunday.

NCAA as the apex regulatory body has lifted the suspension placed on the wet-leased aircraft of the airline and warned it to adhere strictly to industry standards in its operations.

Non-adherence to industry standards
A document signed by Capt. I.B. Dambazzau, Director, Operations, Licensing and Training on behalf of Capt. Musa Nuhu, Director-General Civil Aviation (DGCA), said that an investigation by its inspectors indicated that there was a lack of adequate liaison between the lessor’s Operation Control Centre (OCC) and lessee’s OCC, which also omitted appropriate flight briefing from the point of departure

The investigation also revealed that the cockpit crew and the cabin crew did not hold a preflight briefing before embarking on the flight, which is against industry standards.

It also added that the OCC flight monitoring of the airline did not monitor the aircraft in the company’s operations specification Part G (wet-lease aircraft).

(Nairametrics)