Long known for substandard aviation, changes seem to be in Nigeria’s future.
Nigeria’s airports are slated to be revamped to meet international standards according to Stella Oduah, Minister of Aviation. Safety and security are intended to be the new priority, as they aim for “zero” accidents.
Infrastructure and services are also slated to be improved.
The ICAO’s AFI plan is part of the Third Pan-African Aviation Training Coordination Conference.
The conference is organized by the ICAO Comprehensive Regional Implementation Plan for Aviation Safety in Africa (AFI Plan) in cooperation with the aviation regional organizations in the AFI Region, and hosted by the Government of South Africa will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 27 to 29 July 2011.
The agenda for the conference is here.
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The carpark was full with aviation fans awaiting Emirates’ double-decker a380.
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The plane was reportedly holding to taxi for takeoff at the time.
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A small aircraft made a hard landing Tuesday at Riverside Municipal Airport.
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The commander described how he suddenly felt the aircraft becoming unstable and beginning to drift to the left. He decided that the aircraft was no longer in a suitable stable state to land.
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Making like truffle pigs and snuffling out deets.
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After the pilot was able to fix the mechanical issue, the pilot was able to take off from the highway.
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Authorities say the passenger was detained Saturday morning.
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Dolly Fisher, who lives with a life-threatening egg allergy, was treated to a Disney World trip by her parents but now they can’t go because Virgin won’t alter their sandwich fillings
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A girl recorded live the crash of the plane she was onboard into a river in Brazil. The live video shows the ditching of a private Embraer 810C Seneca II aircraft. The plane with registration PR-FDL has crash landed into a river in in Brazil. No one was injured. Both pax were able to emergency…
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3 air traffic controllers suspended; Coast Guard chopper makes emergency landing
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An early morning fire damaged a commercial building complex housing an historic airplane factory founded by the Wright Brothers in Ohio on Sunday, authorities said. Dayton fire crews were sent to the site just before 2:30 a.m. and found heavy fire throughout the complex. Fire …
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by Sarah Craighead Dedmon Andy Patterson of Cutler is reported to have died in a plane crash Saturday, March 25, in Johns Island, South Carolina. Patterson was piloting the small aircraft when it crashed. Initial reports indicated Patterson was traveling with a passenger, but officials later clarified Patterson was alone in the Piper PA-28, according to the Charleston County News. The Machias Valley Municipal Airport, where Patterson served on the airport committee, today posted about Patterson’s death. “Yesterday we lost one of our own,” read the Facebook post.
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The low-cost carrier has four more aircraft due to be delivered later this year.
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CHEEKY Ukraine fans launched dozens of paper planes on to the Wembley pitch and sang a song mocking Vladimir Putin. In the 24th minute of the Euro qualifier against England in London, fans hurled t…
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The coast guard’s ALH Dhruv helicopter crashed after take off from the Kochi airport, reports suggest that two people onboard have been injured in the incident.
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India News: An Air India aircraft flying into Kathmandu averted a collision with a Nepal Airlines flight on March 24, 2023, by ascending sharply. The incident occ
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Ghana is known as one of Africa’s most stable democracies, but recently it’s been beset by economic and security challenges.
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US sanctions Belarus’ election officials, president’s plane
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An ALH Dhruv Mark 3 helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard crashed in Kerala’s Kochi on Sunday while the pilots were examining the chopper.
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