The Federal Government has concluded plans to introduce drastic measures that will mitigate the rising incidents of aircraft veering or skidding off the runway at airports across the country
Part of the measures, a source familiar with the development said would include audit of runway and air field operational facilities and steps being taken by the agencies managing them to fix complaints by aircraft pilots.
Significantly, the source said the Federal Government is pushing for the urgent implementation of safety recommendations in accident reports rolled out by the apex air transport probe agency: Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB).
The government, it was learnt, is worried that the rising incidents of aircraft skidding off the runway has involved mainly indigenous carriers.
Such concerns, the source said, might trigger inquiry into the conditions under which pilots employed by airlines work, to address the influx of expatriate crew who are not familiar with the state of landing facilities, where is obvious deterioration.
