The MedView aircraft that made an air return Saturday following a smoke alarm in the cabin has been declared safe and cleared by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to fly again.
The NCAA had grounded the aircraft following the smoke scare and conducted safety checks on the Boeing 734 aircraft with registration number 5N-BPB.
Medview Airline confirmed in a statement that after the 30 minutes flight to Ibadan and back to Lagos with the inspectors on board, the aircraft was given a clean bill of health. They concluded that what was mistaken for smoke, which caused false fire alarm, could have been thick fog from the aircraft cooling system.
A statement by the media consultant on behalf of the airline’s management, Obuke Oyibotha, commended the timely action of NCAA in conducting checks on the aircraft and releasing it for normal flight operations.
The Medview aircraft en-route Abuja on Saturday took off 9:12am at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos, but had to make a precautionary air return back to Lagos following a smoke alarm five minutes after takeoff.
The aircraft had 94 passengers and five crew members onboard. It landed at the Lagos airport safely at 9:17am and all the passengers safely disembarked following the deployment of the emergency slides. They were later put on another flight to Abuja by 1pm.
Medview Airline confirmed in a statement that after the 30 minutes flight to Ibadan and back to Lagos with the inspectors on board, the aircraft was given a clean bill of health. They concluded that what was mistaken for smoke, which caused false fire alarm, could have been thick fog from the aircraft cooling system.
A statement by the media consultant on behalf of the airline’s management, Obuke Oyibotha, commended the timely action of NCAA in conducting checks on the aircraft and releasing it for normal flight operations.
The Medview aircraft en-route Abuja on Saturday took off 9:12am at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos, but had to make a precautionary air return back to Lagos following a smoke alarm five minutes after takeoff.
The aircraft had 94 passengers and five crew members onboard. It landed at the Lagos airport safely at 9:17am and all the passengers safely disembarked following the deployment of the emergency slides. They were later put on another flight to Abuja by 1pm.
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