BREAKING:NCAA Suspends Discovery Airlines’ AOC Over Safety Fears

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By Chuks Okoh

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA has suspended the Air Operators Certificate  AOC of Discovery Airlines.

A statement by  NCAA said  in pursuit of its oversight responsibilities as stipulated by the deputy general manager public affairs Mr Sam Adurogboye said Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority [NCAA]has lately carried out  a review of the operations of some Domestic Airlines after which letters of warning or suspension of Air Operator’s Certificate[AOC] were served on defaulters.

“A case in point is an Airline that failed to carry out   certain corrective actions within one week from the 1st to 7th of January, 2015  as raised  in an earlier letter to the operator”

Adurogboye said consequent upon the inability to address the issues raised, the Authority in its 8th of January, 2015 letter to the operator decided to suspend its operation.

Part of the letter reads “The Authority pursuant to Section 35[2] and [3][b] of the Civil Aviation  Act  2006 and Part 1.1.3.3.3[a] [1] of the Nig. CARs 2009, hereby suspends  the Air Operator’s Certificate [AOC] of Discovery Airways  Limited”

“The suspension takes effect from  the 8th of January 2015, the date  of the letter conveying  the notice. This order would be in force pending the outcome of a comprehensive  review of the Airlines operations to be carried out accordingly”

The statement further added that NCAA  has no set out  to crumble any airline, but it  will take any violation of  safety regulations seriously.

But an anonymous staff of Discovery airline however said flights were cancelled because of  weather related problems.He said  that a meeting was  going on between the management of the airline and NCAA

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