Nigeria: Air Crashes and Role of Regulation

Chinedu Eze writes that the causes of air crashes in Nigeria, particularly that of Dana Air in June 2012, could be traced to lack of adequate regulation provided by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority for scheduled airline operations in the country

Air crashes in Nigeria have been unduly attributed to bad weather and mechanical faults, with less emphasis on the human factor of pilot error. The federal government has taken weather issues so seriously that it has invested much in the provision of weather equipment lately.

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