FAAN TO DESTROY 65 ABANDONED AIRCRAFT

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria says the abandoned airplanes “will be torn in pieces after which some interested recycling firms will carry them away to recycle them to other things.”

 The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria will next week commence the destruction of no fewer than 65 airplanes abandoned by domestic airlines in eight airports across the country.

The Director of Airport Operations, FAAN, Mr. Henry Omeogu, who is also the Chairman of the agency’s Abandoned Aircraft Committee, told reporters on Thursday that it would commence the evacuation of the airplanes across the country in the next one week.

The General Manager, Corporate Communications, FAAN, Mr .Yakubu Dati, said the abandoned airplanes “will be torn in pieces after which some interested recycling firms will carry them away to recycle them to other things.”

Some of the abandoned aircraft belong to Bellview Airlines, Space World, Capital Airlines, IRS Airlines, EAS Airlines, Dasab Airlines and Fresh Airlines.

The aircraft models range from Fokker 28, Embraer 100 to Boeing 727 and 737.

The aircraft are currently abandoned in Lagos, Abuja, Benin, Owerri, Kano and Kaduna airports, among others.