The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended an airfield officer over an accident involving a Max Air aircraft and a maintenance vehicle belonging to FAAN civil department in Lagos.
A statement by FAAN’s general manager, corporate affairs, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, said the authority has commenced a full-scale investigation into the incident to forestall future occurrences.
“Following an averted, near-incident involving a Max Air aircraft from Abuja, which landed on Runway 18L and a maintenance vehicle belonging to the Civil Department of the Authority, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended the airfield officer on duty at the time of the incident.
“The authority has also commenced a full-scale investigation into the incident, to prevent future re-occurrence of such incident,” the statement said.
