ICAO Begins Safety Oversight Audit On Nigeria’s Aviation Monday

  A four-man team from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has arrived Nigeria to commence the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) on the country’s aviation Monday, March 14, 2016. The arrival of the ICAO four-man team was disclosed to journalists in an online statement signed by the General …

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Germanwings crash: Pilot confidentiality ‘should be relaxed’

French investigators have called for medical confidentiality to be relaxed for pilots, in the wake of last year’s Germanwings disaster. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was urged by a doctor to attend psychiatric hospital weeks before he crashed the plane on 24 March 2015, but his employer was never alerted, their final …

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Why Medview Enjoy Huge Patronage—Bankole

The Managing Director of Medview Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole has attributed the airline’s continued patronage and increase in passenger traffic to passengers’ friendly services and on time departure and arrival. This is just as he disclosed that Lagos-Kaduna flight will commence Tuesday, March 15, 2016. He made the declaration while …

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South African teen finds possible MH370 plane debris

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African teenager vacationing in Mozambique may have found part of a wing from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which his family dismissed as “rubbish” and his mother nearly threw away, he said Friday.  On Dec. 30, Liam Lotter was strolling on a beach in southern …

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Pilot loses gun at airport; janitor arrested

At the airport, passengers are warned, never leave your personal belongings unattended. A Republic Airlines pilot evidently didn’t heed that advice and left his gun in an unattended bag in a men’s restroom at Philadelphia International Airport on Saturday morning, police said. Five minutes after he left the restroom about …

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EasyJet flight delayed after spanner spotted lodged in wing flaps

An aviation expert warned of the possibility of “serious structural damage” after a spanner was seen lodged in the wing of an EasyJet aircraft. The plane was taxiing for take-off from Geneva when a passenger noticed the tool lodged in the wing flaps of the plane. The crew was alerted …

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Perth family sues airline over MH370

The family of Perth man Paul Weeks, who was on the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, is suing the company for damages. Five writs were lodged on March 4 in the West Australian Supreme Court – four days before the second anniversary of the plane’s mysterious disappearance and just before …

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Kenya Airways to lay off staff, sell planes in turnaround plan

Kenya Airways has embarked on a radical plan to cut costs as management looks to turn around fortunes at the struggling carrier. The airline is in advanced stages in its sale of assets, including land and planes in a bid to draw down the second tranche of its $200 million …

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Photos|Yay….Sherry Grace Uzy Okoronkwo formerly of Virgin Nigeria adds another year today

Sherry Grace Uzy Okoronkwo formerly of Virgin Nigeria adds another year today. The hot mother of 3 cute boys simply posted some beautiful photos of her self on face book this morning with the hastags: “#iGrateful #icelebrate #Snowy #Birthdaygirl #Yaytimetogetalittlespoilt” Checkout the photos below: Happy birthday Sherry. Have fun.

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French Aviation Experts to Release Germanwings Crash Report

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MARCH 13, 2016 PARIS — French air accident investigators are issuing a report Sunday about what led to the March 2015 Germanwings jet crash — and their recommendations on how to prevent a repeat scenario. Investigators say co-pilot Andreas Lubitz intentionally crashed the plane into the French Alps, killing …

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