Consequence to the intervention of the Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority (NCAA),Turkish Airlines have paid the prescribed
compensation to all the passengers whose luggage were delayed in the infamous
Flight TK 624 scheduled service from
Istanbul to Abuja.
According to the spokesman of the agency Samuel
Adurogboye, through a statement said the
Airline under the supervision of the Consumer Protection Officers (CPO) of the
Regulatory Authority ensured that all the passengers were paid full monetary
compensation as contained in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations
(Nig.CARs).
In addition, a cargo flight and an Airbus were arranged
to freight to Abuja,Nigeria,all contentious backlog of baggage that were
earlier short landed.
All concerned passengers have collected same as at the
time of this report.
These were contained in a report of the investigation
carried out by NCAA over the recent Tarmac Intrusion by Turkish Airlines passengers
submitted to the Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority
(NCAA),Capt. Muhtar Usman.
There were several observations and recommendations in
the report. These include provision of sign ages informing passengers of
possible penalties of unlawful acts at the airport.
Furthermore, clear cut penalties arising from unlawful
acts should be displayed to serve as deterrent to would be violators.
The Close Circuit Television(CCTV) footage will be
deployed and the Turkish Airlines should assist in identifying the unruly
passengers for prosecution to dissuade others from carrying out similar acts
subsequently.
In the course of the final phase of the investigation,
salient questions will be asked concerning airport management. If established
sanctions will be applied for violating access control requirements in the
National Civil Aviation Security Programme (NCASP) chapters 4.5 (a),6.1.4.6.2.1
and 6.3.2.
Also, the requirements of the Nigerian Civil Aviation
Regulations Part 17 section 17.37.1-3.
NCAA has also directed the appropriate Agencies to put up
appropriate control mechanism strong enough to prevent unauthorized access to
restricted areas of the airports forthwith..
These recommendations and others would be implemented to
the letter to fore close and mitigate future occurrence.
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