Management of the Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) gives all owners of abandoned aircraft
at the graveyard of the Murtala Muhammed Airport to evacuate them within
the next seven days or be disposed off by the authority in line with
the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
Henry Omeogu, director of airport
operations, who
disclosed this while on a safety inspection at the
Murtala Muhammed Airport Domestic Terminal 1, said the action had become
necessary due to recurring operational hitches that had been posing
serious safety concerns to aircraft and some infrastructure at the
terminal.
He appealed to the owners of the
aircraft, some of which had been parked at the graveyard since 2005, to
immediately remove them to forestall situations where unscrupulous
elements would use abandoned aircraft as hiding places to perpetuate
criminal activities.
While stressing that the authority would
continue to do everything possible to ensure the safety and security of
all travellers and other airport users, he enjoined all stakeholders to
partner the authority to ensure safer and more secure airports.
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