Nigerian planes are safe and will continue to fly directly to the United States, the American Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, has said.
FAA said Nigeria has retained its Category 1 Safety rating which
has allowed Nigerian airlines to operate direct flights to America with
Nigerian crew.
The certificate has been handed over to Chidoka Osita, the
Minister of Aviation.
Following the Dana and Associated airlines plane crashes in 2012
and 2013 that killed almost 200 people, many people expressed fears that
Nigeria might lose its highest safety rating.
Without that rating, Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, would
be unable to fly from Lagos to New York with Nigerian owned planes and Nigerian
crew.
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