{"id":65459,"date":"2019-03-13T23:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T22:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=65459"},"modified":"2019-03-13T23:00:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T22:00:35","slug":"ethiopian-airline-crash-fg-bans-boeing-737-max-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ethiopian-airline-crash-fg-bans-boeing-737-max-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"ETHIOPIAN AIRLINE CRASH: FG Bans Boeing 737 Max Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe Federal Government of Nigerian government has banned the Boeing 737
\nMax aircraft from flying in the country airspace.<\/p>\n

This is coming few days after a Boeing 737 Max-8 plane operated by
\nEthiopian Airlines, crashed in Addis Ababa, on its way to Nairobi, the
\nKenyan capital, on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Nigeria’s Minister for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed the country\u2019s
\ndecision on Wednesday, at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC)
\nmeeting in Abuja.<\/p>\n

The FEC meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n

Two Nigerians, Professor Pius Adesanmi and Ambassador Abiodun Bashua, were
\namong the 157 people onboard the ill-fated aircraft which crashed over the
\nweekend.<\/p>\n

Speaking to state house correspondents, he said: \u201cRegarding Boeing 737 Max
\n8 and Max 9 that has been in the news recently, there is no cause for
\nalarm as there is no operator in Nigeria that is using that type of
\nairplane.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, whose mandate it is to issue
\nadvisory, has already issued advisory that nobody should fly into Nigeria
\nor out of Nigeria using Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9, pending the
\ndetermination of the actual cause of the crash in Ethiopia and also
\npending the outcome of the response of the manufacturer, which is Messers
\nBoeing.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegardless of the enormous safety records of this plane 737, it has
\ncaused concern in the world of aviation and you know aviation is
\nuniversal; whatever affects one affects the other because aircraft will be
\nflying in and out. So, we have issued directive that no operator with
\nBoeing 737 Max 8 or Max 9 should operate into and outside our airports and
\nthis is being carried out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noting that two Nigerian airlines had ordered the aircraft, which would
\ntake two years to deliver, the Aviation Minister said two years is enough
\ntime for Boeing to address the cause of the crashes.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegarding Air Peace and Arik orders, whether those orders were confirmed
\nor intent, it is to our knowledge in the ministry that they won\u2019t be in
\nthe country until the next two years or so. And this is enough period to
\nsort out whatever problem it is with that plane. The world of aviation
\nwill not be sleeping just as we in Nigeria will not be sleeping. And it is
\nnormal standard practice that once a particular aircraft type is involved
\nin accident back to back, it is withdrawn from the market to see if there
\nis something they are doing wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if it is confirmed that a particular problem, say for instance,
\nlanding gear, they will issue an instruction to ground such plane
\nworldwide until the problem is fixed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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