The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, on Tuesday, suspended Azman Air over safety issues.
Financial Street gathered that the decision to suspend the airline was taken at a management meeting of NCAA on Monday after one of the company’s plane recorded another second tyre burst in a month.
Our correspondent was informed that an Azman Air from Kaduna to Murtala Muhammad airport in Lagos had a landing gear problem.
The aviation regulatory agency faulted the pilot that flew the aircraft from Kaduna for continuing with the journey despite a terrible sound after takeoff.
The NCAA DG, Captain Musa Shuiabu Nuhu, after the meeting on Monday, directed a letter be written to the airline suspending its operation.
A Boeing 737-500 aircraft belonging to AZMAN Air had a burst tyre on landing at the runway of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport terminal in Lagos on February 16, 2021.
