Nigeria Air: Sagay warns aviation ministry against use of Boeing 737 planes, says ‘it’s risky’

“I expressed my alarm about it to Festus Keyamo and he
confirmed it.

“I want to use this opportunity to express my views to the
general public that the Ministry of Aviation should not be allowed to import
the Boeing 737 Max to this country because there is no evidence that anything
has been done to rectify the problems.

“Presently, if you check Boeing, hardly any day goes by
without any incidents with Boeing 737.

“It was grounded worldwide between 2019 and 2020 after
deadly crashes. I remember the Ethiopian Airlines and the one in Alaska. There
are others in the US itself that are experiencing problems too.

“We should not allow any airline to be established in the
name of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to come with deadly airplanes that will
further endanger the lives of Nigerians who are suffering presently from armed
robbery, kidnapping and hardship occasioned by high prices.

“We can’t add the danger of flying an aircraft that you are
not sure of arriving at your destination to it.

 “I am also calling on
the aviation minister, Festus Keyamo to go and look at other reliable aircraft,
maybe like Airbus that has a consistent history of safety and comfort.

“We can’t risk using Boeing whose records keep getting worse
and worse and they are always going to the drawing board to go and correct
things. They are trying to produce aircraft cheaply without going through the
necessary procedures.”

Keyamo had announced the suspension of the Nigeria Air
project on August 2023.

He said the project was suspended because Nigerians, and
government agencies “raised red flags” about it.

The national carrier is a major project under the aviation
roadmap implemented by the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari.