By Dickson Omobola
Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace, has stated the captain concerned within the Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo Worldwide Airport, Omagwa in Port Harcourt incident had been grounded and relieved from additional flight obligation.
This got here because the Nigerian Security Investigation Bureau, NSIB, stated preliminary investigation into the incident, involving its Boeing 737-524 plane, with nationality and registration marks 5N-BQQ, confirmed that “preliminary toxicological checks performed on the flight crew revealed optimistic outcomes for sure substances, together with indicators of alcohol consumption. A cabin crew member additionally examined optimistic for THC, the psychoactive part in hashish.”
Nonetheless, in an announcement, Air Peace clarified that the captain was suspended for failing to stick to Crew Useful resource Administration, CRM, ideas and for disregarding commonplace go-around procedures regardless of recommendation from his co-pilot, not for testing optimistic on a breathalyser, because the NSIB had but to formally talk such a consequence to the airline.
In line with Air Peace, it conducts frequent alcohol and drug checks on its crew as a consequence of its “very strict alcohol use coverage that’s stricter than the eight hours earlier than the flight as supplied within the rules. Drug use is a no-no.”
The assertion by the airline’s administration additionally revealed that “the First Officer, co-pilot, who demonstrated professionalism in calling for a go-around to his captain, has been reinstated into energetic flying duties, with full approval from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA.”
The assertion reads: “Air Peace conducts frequent alcohol and drug checks on our crew. We now have a really strict alcohol use coverage that’s stricter than the 8 hours earlier than the flight as supplied within the rules. Drug use is a no-no.
“Following the incident, we took speedy and decisive motion: the captain of the affected flight was grounded and relieved from additional flight obligation up to now for failure to stick to Crew Useful resource Administration, CRM, ideas and for disregarding commonplace go-around procedures as suggested by his co-pilot however not for testing optimistic to breathalyser take a look at because the consequence was not communicated to us by NSIB up to now.
“Opposite to experiences within the media, the First Officer (co-pilot), who demonstrated professionalism in calling for a go-around to his captain, has been reinstated into energetic flying duties, with full approval from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA. The NCAA cleared him. If he was concerned in drug or alcohol use, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority wouldn’t have cleared him to renew flight duties.
“Nonetheless, if the relieved captain examined optimistic to the breathalyzer take a look at, then we should improve the frequency of our alcohol and drug checks on our crew.
“Once more, the significance of Enhanced Crew Useful resource Administration Coaching cannot be over emphasised. We’ll intensify strict Health-for-Obligation checks and Stronger Inside Monitoring to stop any breach of our zero-tolerance security coverage.
“Air Peace has persistently maintained a powerful security file and strictly implements international greatest practices in all points of its operations, and we reassure our esteemed passengers and the Nigerian public that security won’t ever be compromised in Air Peace.”
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