Qeshm Airlines flight 2264 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Yazd, Iran, on February 13th.
Director general of Kerman province’s airports Ali Qasemzadeh said the plane heading from Najaf, Iraq, to Kerman, Iran, was diverted “due to unstable conditions of a passenger.”
The plane landed safely.
Airports are enhancing the pest control measures in order to prevent the spread of Zika virus, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) said in a statement on February 11.
According to the statement, “The management of the outbreak is currently focused on reducing the populations of the Aedes mosquito that transmit the virus at airports (vector control).”
The ICAO also urged the airlines to follow WHO guidelines regarding testing and use of insecticides for the airplanes.
Unsatisfactory safety and security arrangements at the Nigerian Airports have halted the certification from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
A few years ago, Dr Harold Demuren, a former Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) was reported saying that the NCAA could not certify any airport in Nigeria because none of them satisfied the minimum requirements for certification, as set by the ICAO.
According to Chinedu Eze, the Nigerian government must ensure security, in addition to improved infrastructure, at the airports.
To date, no airport in Nigeria has proper security fencing, although some have perimeter fencing.