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The operation licence of Mattini Airline Services Limited, the private jet operator whose aircraft overshot the runway on Friday at Ibadan airport has been suspended.
According to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority in a statement, the licence of the company was suspended with immediate effect pending the outcome of investigations into the incident.
It will be recalled that 10 people onboard escaped death after the plane overshot the runway on Friday.
The Challenger CL 601 aircraft, registered as N580KR and operated by Mattini Airline Services Limited, departed from Abuja to Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan before the incident at 11 a.m.
In the statement by the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the regulator body, Michael Achimugu, said a comprehensive safety and economic audit of all private jet operations in Nigeria will be conducted.
It reads in part, “In the meantime, and in accordance with Sec 32 (4) of the Civil Aviation Act 2022, the NCAA has also suspended the PNCF of Mattini Airline Services Limited with immediate effect.
“The suspension, NCAA said will subsist until a determination is made that the conditions of the PNCF have been adhered to.
“NCAA has further initiated a safety and economic audit of all private jet operations in Nigeria.
“NCAA however assured the traveling public of its utmost commitment to safety and the entrenchment of global best practices.”
