…rising from the crash site, raising fears about decomposing human remains and spilt aviation fuel in the water.PAY ATTENTION: From breaking news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram!According to The Punch, the governor also instructed the Ilaje Local Government Area to arrange water tankers to supply clean dr…

…efforts and address suspected contamination from decomposing human remains and spilt aviation fuel. The recovery operation has been complicated by the swampy terrain and the aircraft’s submersion in the water. Following the crash, the state government deployed amphibious swamp machines to support the Nigerian Navy, Air…

…the river. He also raised concerns about possible environmental pollution from spilled aviation fuel. “The odour is extremely offensive. So many parts of the human body are floating around in the river. Some of the bodies have not been recovered. They have decomposed, and it is affecting everything,” the monarch said.…

…human remains yet to be recovered from the river. He also raised concerns about aviation fuel spillage, which he said had polluted the surrounding environment. He said, “The odour is extremely offensive. So many parts of the human body are floating around in the river. Some of the bodies have not been recovered. They h…

…attack on the facility in a week, according to the country’s General Authority of Civil Aviation. The Saudi Gazette, an English-language newspaper, citing the civil aviation authority, reported on Sunday that the attack occurred on Saturday, October 10. The fatalities included four Saudi nationals, two Bangladeshis and…

…said one resident of the Al-Aarid neighbourhood in the north of the city. The civil aviation authority said the attack caused an unspecified number of injuries, and that a damage assessment was under way. It later reported another attack on Dammam airport in the east — which the Houthis also said they had targeted — a…

…killing 12 people, including a US citizen and injuring more than 300 othersSaudi civil aviation authorities suspended airport operations and later extended the closure by 24 hours as countries warned their citizens to stay awayUS President Donald Trump said he was evaluating whether America should join Saudi strikes ag…

…jackets, clothes and fragments of the aircraft were floating on water blackened by aviation fuel. The main fuselage was nowhere to be found. “The aircraft has sunk deep. The nature and depth of the swamp could have caused it to become deeply submerged in the mud,” he said. To reach the wreckage, the state deployed two…

…following the incident. However, Saudi Arabia’s government media office and civil aviation authority had yet to respond to requests for comment at the time of reporting. The explosion occurred amid an intensification of missile attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels against Saudi Arabia. Riyadh airport had repor…

…are not geared towards addressing those challenges, particularly as the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said that over 100 airlines have died, we should address that. Why are they dying? We should not accept the fact that 10 to 15 airlines die in Nigeria and say it’s normal. There is…

…you to board if you are 15 minutes late to the counter.”Recall that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA’s, Summary of Domestic Airline Flight Disruptions Operations for August, which showed that domestic airlines collectively recorded 4,801 disruptions out of 7,961 operated flights.Air Peace recorded the highest…

…most of his life. Meko called on the Federal Government, the Air Force and relevant aviation safety authorities to ensure that the crash was thoroughly and independently investigated, with the findings made public. He said the investigation should examine the aircraft’s airworthiness, maintenance records, operational p…

…which, according to his confessions, was connected to his decision to pursue a career in aviation," Al Shamsi said.Al-Hammami's path to radicalisationInvestigators found that al-Hammami first developed extremist tendencies in 2017 while studying in Australia, where he consumed publications and online content that glori…

…He later ordered a “thorough review of all security aspects of foreign civil aviation to Israel” in response to the incident. The post Flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport: UAE prosecutor appeared first on Vanguard News.

Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation confirmed that Houthi strikes hit Abha International Airport and King Khalid International Airport, killing three peopleThe US Mission in Saudi Arabia issued a security alert warning American citizens about potential flight cancellations and airspace closures following…

…in the manifest. “So I think that is what is responsible for the disconnect—the Aviation Minister saying a different thing, and the Air Force, the Defense, saying another thing. But I think we should rely more on the manifest of the aircraft if they actually complied with that—the people in the aircraft, their names we…

…refuse to believe this."Read Serah Ibrahim's full X post on the post on X below showing Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo paying a condolence visit to Air Chief Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke at NAF Headquarters, Abuja, following the Ondo aircraft accident.Eyewitness shares terrifying aircraft experience Meanwhile, Legit.ng…

…incident, the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Michael Achimugu, said that the police has taken over investigations into the circumstances surrounding the d3ath of an unnamed passenger. Achimugu, said he was briefed by the airline's country manager on Wed…

…hours while flying from Benin to Lagos before its wreckage was located near a Naval Base.Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo confirmed that 25 passengers and 7 crew members were on board as search and rescue operations continue.

…Achimugu, Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), said he was briefed by the airline's country manager on Wednesday morning. He explained that the passenger had originally been denied entry into Madagascar by customs authorities and was subsequently picked up b…

…added that it is working with the deceased passenger’s family, local authorities and aviation regulators to provide the necessary support and facilitate the required processes following the incident. Vanguard News The post Kenya Airways confirms passenger died after medical emergency on Lagos-bound flight appeared firs…

…Ondo State, on Monday. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the minster of aviation and aerospace development , Festus Keyamo, on Monday. According to him, Air Traffic Controllers had earlier reported the disappearance of the military aircraft, with tail number NGR 931, while it was en route from Benin to Lagos.…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said the removal of the fuel subsidy has helped President Bola Tinubu’s administration to increase investment in critical aviation infrastructure, with about $500m raised for the reconstruction of the Lagos airport and other need-specific aviation i…

Operating airlines in Nigeria received an estimated 749.2 million litres of aviation fuel between January and August 2026, as domestic deliveries fluctuated significantly during the period, according to an analysis of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority’s monthly fact sheet. The data an…

…Bermuda with six people on board, the US ​Coast Guard said ​on Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration ⁠notified the Coast Guard ​early Saturday that it had ​lost contact with the plane, a Gulfstream jet used as ​a medical transfer aircraft, ​a Coast Guard spokesperson said by ‌email. The ⁠Coast Guard said it has…