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Gov Wike Finally Retrieves Rivers Aircraft Abandoned In Germany

Gov Wike Finally Retrieves Rivers Aircraft Abandoned In Germany

September 27, 2022 7:15 pm

Recent reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the Legacy 600, which is a Rivers-state owned aircraft which had been allegedly abandoned in Germany under some unclear circumstance by the preceding administration has finally been recovered and flown back to Rivers State.

Governor Nyesom Wike who had made the receipt of the aircraft which had flown into the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Ikwerre Local Government Area, Tuesday had revealed that his administration had not been playing petty politics in the recovery of the aircraft.

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Planes Wedged Together After Collision At Aberdeen Airport

Planes Wedged Together After Collision At Aberdeen Airport

June 18, 2020 10:05 am

An investigation has been launched after a collision between two planes on the tarmac at Aberdeen International Airport.

The nose of one of the aircraft ended up wedged under the engine of the other on Tuesday evening, lifting it off the ground.

No passengers were on board the Loganair jet, which was struck by the former Flybe plane.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has been informed.

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No-one was injured in the incident.

Loganair said in a statement: “A Loganair Embraer 145 regional jet, parked with no passengers or crew members

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Air Force Acquires 22 New Fighter Jets, More Coming

Air Force Acquires 22 New Fighter Jets, More Coming

March 19, 2020 6:08 am
The Nigerian Air Force has acquired 22 new aircraft in the last four and half years, with another 16 due for delivery soon.

Air Force Chief, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar made this known in Ado Ekiti during a visit to Governor Kayode Fayemi.

Abubakar said the force has the capacity to ensure the security of all Nigerians.

He said the Air Force is expecting an additional Mi-17 helicopter, expected to arrive in April.

The Air Force is also expecting the delivery of three JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighter aircraft and 12 Super Tucano attack aircraft. The latter would be delivered …

Military Aircraft With UN Soldiers Onboard Crash Lands

January 10, 2020 6:47 am
South African military transport aircraft with UN peacekeeping soldiers on board on Thursday was severely damaged in a crash landing in Eastern Congo, a UN spokesman reported.

Matthias Gillman, a spokesman for the UN stabilisation mission in Congo (MONUSCO) confirmed the incident.

He said that the four-engine turboprop C-130 Hercules aircraft overshot the runway while landing in Goma and burst into flames.

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However, the fire was quickly put out by firefighters at the airport and the 59 passengers and eight crew members escaped unharmed, NAN reports.

The passengers

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Air Peace: Man Hiding In Bush Tries To Enter Aircraft

December 27, 2019 3:38 pm
Operators of Air Peace Airline has said that a man in his 20s emerged from the bush along the runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport I (MMAI) and tried to gain access into its aircraft through the wheel-well on Friday.

Mr Stanley Olisa, the Corporate Communications Executive of the airline, disclosed this in a statement issued in Lagos.

He said that the incident happened at exactly 9.10 am. at the Murtala Muhammed Airport I (MMA I).

“This morning (Friday), at exactly 9.10 am. at the MMA I, Lagos, an Owerri-bound Air Peace aircraft (flight P47252) was taxing toward the threshold

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Air Peace Adds New Generation Aircraft To Its Fleet

November 13, 2019 1:59 am

Nigeria’s leading carrier, Air Peace, has brought in a B737-800NG to help sustain its expansion, domestic and regional operations.

The aircraft arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos at the weekend from Europe.

Disclosing this to newsmen, the Corporate Communications Executive of the airline, Mr. Stanley Olisa, stated that the new arrival is a 160-seater aircraft comprising 16 Business Class seats and 144 economy class seats.

He said, “We are very glad to announce the acquisition of another aircraft, which is a 160-seater B737-800 New Generation aircraft”.

He reiterated the resolve of the airline to spread its operations across …

Air Peace Acquires B737-800 Aircraft To Boost Operations

November 9, 2019 9:02 am

In line with its expansion plan, Nigerian carrier, Air Peace has acquired a B737- 800NG to boost its domestic and regional operations.

Mr Stanley Olisa, Corporate Communications Executive of the airline, confirmed the development to newsmen on Friday in Lagos. He said the aircraft arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 8 p.m. on Thursday from Europe.

According to him, the new arrival is a 160 seater aircraft comprising 16 business class and 144 economy class seats. Olisa said: “Air Peace, West and Central Africa’s largest airline, last year became the first airline in sub Saharan Africa to place …

Professor Wole Soyinka’s response to the aircraft seat saga

Professor Wole Soyinka’s response to the aircraft seat saga

June 29, 2019 10:12 pm

I don’t know how much airlines succeed in raising for their charity drives through those envelopes they distribute to passengers into which their captive donors are exhorted to deposit their loose change before disembarking. Such monies are then distributed to worthy causes all over the world, especially in the pursuit of health. What I am convinced of is that they would generate a hundred times more if they were more creative. For instance, they could impose a fine on passengers who take the wrong seat on boarding, even for a second.

One can only rejoice in the thought of such …

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Anxiety as US warns Iran with aircraft carrier

May 6, 2019 10:14 pm

Fears of conflict rose Monday as the United States vowed to send a message to Iran by deploying an aircraft carrier strike group, amid a report that Tehran would scale back its commitments under a nuclear deal after mounting pressure by President Donald Trump.

Patrick Shanahan, the acting US defense secretary, said he approved the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to unspecified waters in the vicinity of Iran in response to “indications of a credible threat by Iranian regime forces.”

“We call on the Iranian regime to cease all provocation. We will hold the Iranian regime …

Airbus secures $35b Chinese deal for 300 aircraft

March 29, 2019 8:27 pm
President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the French capital has won Airbus a $35 billion jet deal from China, dealing a blow to Boeing as it grapples with the grounding of its best-selling jet.The mammoth order consists of 290 A320-series narrow-body planes and 10 A350 wide-bodies, Toulouse-based Airbus said after the transaction was announced in Paris on Monday. The deal’s value is almost double that touted by French President Emmanuel Macron in January 2018 during a trip to Beijing.

The Airbus coup comes while Boeing’s own 737 Max narrow-body – the chief global rival to the A320 – has been

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NCAA, yet to find the aircraft with worn out tyre

February 12, 2019 12:02 pm

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA ) on Tuesday said it was yet to identify the airline that had a worn out aircraft tyre trending on social media

Its spokesman, Sam Adurogboye, said though it was yet to establish the carrier whose aircraft allegedly had such a worn out tyre but insisted in line with International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Standard and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs) no airline operator can embark on commercial air transportation for hire and reward without airworthy operating aircraft.

Citing the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs) Part 5.4.1.1, Adurogboye said …

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