The Federal Government has once again
suspended the operating licence of Dana Air pending the resolution of
certain safety issues, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said.
This is coming barely three months after
the airline resumed operations following a seven-month suspension after
its Boeing Md-83 crashed in Lagos, killing 163 people.
The Acting Director-General, NCAA, Mr.
Joyce Nkemakolam, who confirmed this said the suspension, which took
effect on Saturday morning, would last until the safety issues were
rectified by the carrier.
He said the suspension followed a
directive from the Ministry of Aviation, asking the airline to stop
operation until “some safety issues that cropped up over the weekend
were resolved.”
The acting DG said the Minister of
Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, had invited officials of Dana Air to a
meeting in Abuja today (Monday) over the development.
Nkemakolam said that once the safety concerns were addressed by the airline, it would be permitted to resume flight operations.
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