{"id":162234,"date":"2025-05-12T23:10:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T22:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2"},"modified":"2025-05-13T00:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T23:23:39","slug":"after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2","title":{"rendered":"After crash-landing in Kano, Max Air suspends flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that Max Air will suspend its domestic flight operations for three months, starting from midnight on January 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, Michael Achimugu, NCAA\u2019s Director of Consumer Protection and Public Affairs, said the suspension will allow the airline\u2019s management to conduct an internal review of its operations.<\/p>\n<p>The decision follows an incident in which a Max Air aircraft lost its landing gear tire while landing.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has since launched an investigation to determine the cause of the occurrence.<\/p>\n<p>Achimugu noted that the NCAA had already been conducting risk assessments on all scheduled operators, including Max Air. However, in light of the recent incident, the airline will undergo both a safety and economic audit during the suspension period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NCAA will conduct a thorough safety and economic audit on Max Air,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The safety audit will reassess Max Air\u2019s organizational structure, operational procedures, personnel, and aircraft, in line with Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Part 1.3.3.3(b)).<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the economic audit will evaluate the airline\u2019s financial health to ensure it can sustain safe flight operations.<\/p>\n<p>Achimugu emphasized that Max Air\u2019s ability to resume domestic flights will depend on the successful completion of the audit.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging the potential inconvenience to passengers, he reiterated that safety remains NCAA\u2019s top priority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that Max Air will suspend its domestic flight operations for three months, starting from midnight on January 31, 2025. In a statement on Wednesday, Michael Achimugu, NCAA\u2019s Director of Consumer Protection and Public Affairs, said the suspension will allow the airline\u2019s management to conduct [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":162233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[372,14189,254],"class_list":["post-162234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-kano","tag-max-air","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>After crash-landing in Kano, Max Air suspends flights - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that Max Air will suspend its domestic flight operations for t ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"After crash-landing in Kano, Max Air suspends flights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that Max Air will suspend its domestic flight operations for t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-12T22:10:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-12T23:23:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747079657.612781.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"After crash-landing in Kano, Max Air suspends flights\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-12T22:10:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-12T23:23:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2\"},\"wordCount\":247,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747079657.612781.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kano\",\"Max Air\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/after-crash-landing-in-kano-max-air-suspends-flights-2\",\"name\":\"After crash-landing in Kano, Max Air suspends flights - 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