The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has indefinitely
suspended the operations of all Boeing 737 aircraft of domestic carrier, Max
Air, over unsafe occurrences.
This was contained in a letter dated July 12, 2023, and
marked NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/363.
The suspension is with immediate effect.
The letter which was titled, ‘suspension of parts A3 and D43
of the operations specifications issued to Max Air with immediate effect’, was
signed by Ibrahim Dambazau, NCAA director of operations, training and
licensing, on behalf of Musa Nuhu, its director general.
“The authority’s
action is due to the several occurrences that involved your Boeing B737
aircraft as listed hereunder,” the letter reads.
“Loss of number 1 main landing gear (MLG) wheel during the
serious incident involving a Boeing 737-400 aircraft, registration marks 5N-MBD
which occurred between take-off at Yola Airport, Adamawa State and on landing
at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria on May 7, 2023.
“Fuel contamination of the main fuel tanks of aircraft
B737-300, registration marks; 5N-MHM, leading to the auxiliary power unit (APU)
shutdown on ground at Yola Airport on July 7, 2023.
“Aborted take-off of
Boeing 737-400 aircraft, registration marks 5N-MBD, which occurred at the
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) due to high exhaust gas
temperature (EGT) indication on July 11,
2023.
“An air return by aircraft B737-300, registration marks;
5N-MHM to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) due to duct overheat
indication in the cockpit on the 11th of July, 2023.
“The authority has constituted a team of inspectors to
conduct an audit of your organisation.
“The result of this audit must be found satisfactory by the
authority prior to considering the restoration of the privileges of the
operations specifications to your organisation to further operate the aircraft
type.”
Max Air was one of the domestic airlines with the highest
number of delayed flights in the first quarter of 2023.
The airline recorded 1,565 flights with 1,013 delayed.
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