A TEAM from the United
States (U.S.) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) arrived the country at the
weekend to begin the process of re-certifying the Nigerian aviation industry,
which it started in 2010.
The safety status of
Nigeria’s aviation sector is being reassessed by the United States-Federal
Aviation Administration (US-FAA) as the ‘Category One’ status awarded it about
four years ago comes under review. The review operation, which started
yesterday, will last for one week.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority (NCAA) and other aviation agencies said yesterday that they were
ready for the audit. According to a release by the acting NCAA Director
General, Benedict Adeyileka, the four-man team will assess NCAA’s compliance
with
