The London The London Gatwick Airport has filed two mandatory occurrence reports to the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) against Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace’s operations at the airport. has filed two mandatory occurrence reports to the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) against Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace’s operations at the airport.
The development came barely three months after the Nigerian
carrier commenced the Lagos-London route.
Two mandatory occurrence reports on Air Peace had been
reportedly sent to the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority.
The UK CAA, in turn, forwarded the complaints to the NCAA.
The CAA’s letter of complaint forwarded to NCAA was
entitled; ‘United Kingdom SAFA Ramp
Inspection Report with reference number: CAA-UK, -2024-0217’ and ‘NATS
Management System Safety Report.’
The NCAA has also written to Air Peace to provide
clarification on the issues.
The letter, with reference number:
NCAA/DOLTS/APL/Vol.11/03624 was titled, “United Kingdom SAFA Ramp Inspection
Report.
It was dated May 14, 2024, and signed by the NCAA General
Manager of Operations, Capt. O.O. Lawani.
In the letter, the NCAA said the UK CAA had called its
attention to the no operational approval of Electronic Flight Bag functions
affecting the safe operation of the aircraft, while adding that the captain of
the flight admitted that an Electronic Flight Bag was being used for
navigational purposes.
NCAA further noted that the CAA stated in its letter that
there was “no mounting device for the use of EFB, no charging points or battery
for backup.”
Air Peace recently commenced operation to London Gatwick
from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos under the Bilateral Air
Services Agreement, which Nigeria has with the UK.
The spokesperson of Air Peace, Stanley Olisa, could not be
reached as of press time.
When called, the spokesperson of the airline picked but when
this reporter began to enquire about the development, he kept mute until the
call ended.
Our correspondent also sent a text message of enquiry to the
spokesman but there was no response as of the time of filing this report.