The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has revoked the air operator certificates of Eastwind Aviation Logistics Services Limited and Omni-Blu Aviation.
NCAA announced the decision in a post on X on Friday.
“The NCAA 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,” the post reads.
“Part 1.2 1.5(b) of Nig. CARs provide the sanction for such fraud as revocation of the certificate.
“Consequently, the respective Air Operator Certificates OBA/AOC/12-15/002 and EAL/AOC/03-24/001 are hereby revoked.”
A helicopter operated by Eastwind Aviation and carrying eight individuals crash-landed off the coast of Bonny Finima in the Atlantic Ocean on October 24.
There was no survival.
