Reps direct airworthiness checks on aircraft

Posted by admin House, Legislature Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

House of Representatives on Tuesday directed that immediate air-worthiness checks must be conducted on all aircraft flying domestic routes in the country.

It also asked the Committee on Aviation of the National Assembly to investigate the remote and immediate causes of Sunday’s plane crash in Lagos.

The resolution followed a motion on urgent national importance moved by the Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Mrs. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.

Onyejeocha recalled that a day before the crash, a Nigerian registered cargo aircraft owned by Allied Air also crashed in Accra, Ghana, killing at least 10 people.

Part of the motion read, “The House further notes with concern that the said crashes are coming on the heels of similar crashes involving Bellview Airlines, 2005, Sosoliso Airlines, also in 2005 and Aviation Development Company Airline (ADC) in 2006.

“Worried that the latest Dana aircraft crash was even more tragic than the previous ones with casualty figures reported to be about 190 people, including 153 passengers, six crew members and about 37 people on the ground and counting.”

The House resolution noted that “the Dana Air crash might be indicative of a greater rot in the aviation industry, which could portend more danger ahead.”

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