The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has revoked the Air Operator Certificates of two operators: Eastwind Aviation Logistics Services Limited and Omni-Blu Aviation.
This was done to address falsification, reproduction, or alteration of applications, licenses, certificates, logbooks, reports, or records.
The agency made this announcement on its official X account on Friday.
According to the agency, ‘The Authority has determined that both Omni-Blu Aviation and Eastwind Aviation are in violation of Part 1.2.1.5 of Nig. CARs on Falsification, Reproduction, or Alteration of Applications, Licences, Certificates, Logbooks, Reports, or Records’.
Part 1.2.1.5(b) of Nig. CARs provide the sanction for such fraud as revocation of the certificate.
‘Consequently, their respective Air Operator Certificates OBA/AOC/12-15/002 and EAL/AOC/03-24/001 are hereby revoked’, the agency said.
On 24 October 2024, a helicopter operated by Eastwind Aviation Logistics Services Limited crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Bonny Finima in Rivers State.
The helicopter, which the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) had chartered, was carrying eight passengers when the accident occurred.
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) promptly initiated an investigation into the cause of the crash, though it has not yet released the results of its findings.
Meanwhile, top officials of OmniBlu are currently in a meeting towards resolving the matter.
