The
Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has ordered thorough
investigation of the use of unauthorized equipment, to evacuate passengers at
the Bauchi Airport on Saturday.
The Aero
Contractors Airlines flight was on a charter flight from Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja, to Bauch state.
The Deputy Director in charge of Press and Public Affairs, Mr. James Odaudu, said in a statement yesterday, that the Minister of State for Aviation received several reports that the airline used a ladder to disembark passengers from its Boeing 737 aircraft at the Bauchi airport.
Senator
Hadi Sirika said the act is inconsistent with the Nigeria Civil Aviation
Regulations and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and
Recommended Practices (SARPS). He added that the investigation will determine
the immediate and remote causes of the incident, as well as develop and
implement measures to forestall a reoccurrence of the unsafe and unacceptable
procedure that exposed passengers to high risk.
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