FG bans use of Boeing 737 Max 8 plane in Nigeria

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—As FEC okays 64m Euros facility for water supply in Kano State
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA – THE Federal Government on Wednesday banned the use of Boeing 737 Max 8 by any airline operator in Nigeria airspace.

Boeing 737 FG bans use of Boeing 737 Max 8 plane in Nigeria
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This is as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved 64 million Euros facility for water supply in Kano State.

The Ethiopian Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane had on Sunday crashed few minutes after take-off in Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people aboard including two Nigerians.

Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said that such plane would not be allowed into Nigeria until the cause of the plane crash is determined.

According to him, “Regarding Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9, that has been in the news recently, there is no cause for alarm as there is no operator in…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper