The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi
Sirika yesterday gave a direction to an immediate
investigation into the use of ladder by Aero Contractors Airlines on its chartered flight at the Bauchi Airport which went viral on Saturday.
He said: “Several reports received by the Minister have indicated the airline used a ladder to disembark passengers from a Boeing 737 aircraft at the Bauchi airport on Saturday December 19th 2015.
"The act is inconsistent with Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations, NCAR and
International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, Standards and Recommended
Practices, SARPS.
“The investigation will determine the immediate and remote causes of the
incident with a view to developing and
implementing measures that will prevent a re-occurrence of the unsafe and unacceptable procedure that exposed
passengers to high risk of serious injury.
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