Nigeria: Air Safety - Weathering the Weather Factor

opinion

The recent plane crash in Indonesia that claimed about a hundred lives has once again thrown up the question of the safety of flying in Nigeria's skies. It is agreed however that total eradication of air crash exists only in utopian state, yet there is a meeting point among stakeholders and experts that it can be minimised to an 'acceptable' level. Air transport is recognised world over as the quickest, safest and most reliable means of movement from one continent to another.

The world aviation safety regulator-International Civil Aviation Organisation and World Meteorological Organisation classified some skies as unsafe because some airports poor radar system and weather equipment.

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