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Breaking news.. NCAA suspends all Max Air B-737 aircraft type over safety, orders safety audit

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July 13, 2023
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The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA) has suspended all the B-737 aircraft type in the fleet of Max Air over safety concerns. 

The NCAA in a letter to the airline expressed concerns over serious safety issues with the aircraft lately. NCAA suspended the parts A3 and D43 earlier granted Max Air on the aircraft.

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The letter was titled Suspension of parts A3 and D43 of the Operations Specifications Issued to Max Air with Immediate effect issued July 12, 2023 and signed by Director, Operations Training & Licensing, Captain Ibrahim Bello Dambazau for: Director General of Civil Aviation.

Parts A3 deals with the airline’s Aircraft Authorization and D43 deals with Aircraft Listing of the Operations Specifications issued to Max Air Ltd.

The letter read: “The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) hereby suspends Parts A3 (Aircraft Authorization) and D43 (Aircraft Listing) of the Operations Specifications issued to Max Air Ltd. with regards to the operations of the Boeing B737 aircraft type in your fleet.”

“With the above suspension, you are to immediately suspend the operations of all Boeing B737 aircraft in your fleet” it stated. 

“The Authority’s action is due to the several occurrences that involved your Boeing B737 aircraft as listed hereunder:

“1. Loss of Number 1 Main Landing Gear (MLG) wheel during the serious incident involving a Boeing 737-400 aircraft, registration marks 5N-MBDwhich occurred between Take-off at Yola Airport Adamawa State and onlanding at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Nigeria on 7th May, 2023;

“2. Fuel Contamination of the main fuel tanks of aircraft B737-300, Registration Marks; 5N-MHM, leading to the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) shutdown on ground Yola Airport on the 7th of July, 2023;

“3. Aborted take-off of Boeing 737-400 aircraft, registration marks 5N-MBD, which occurred at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) due to high Exhaust Gas Temperature (EGT) indication on the 11th of July, 2023; and

“4. An air return by aircraft B737-300, Registration Marks; 5N-MHM to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) due to duct overheat indication in the cockpit on the 11th of July, 2023.”

The NCAA informed the airline that NCAA according to the letter of suspension has constituted a team of inspectors to conduct an audit of your Max Air. 

“The result of this audit, it said, must be found satisfactory by the Authority prior to considering the restoration of the privileges of the Operations Specifications to your organisation to further operate the aircraft type” the authority informed.

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