The Guardian had reported that contrary to the court orders that no one should touch the disputed aircraft, they had since September been moved to the Aero Contractors’ hanger for maintenance ahead of departure. One of the engineers at Aero’s Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) confirmed that they painted the new Canadian registration number C-GIXF on the airplane, which formerly carried Nigerian registration – 5N-TBB. But the concern in this matter is the legality of NCAA deregistering and reregistering a disputed aircraft without first resolving the controversies involved. “If any of our airlines goes out to buy an aircraft, NCAA will not register it until they have gone there to certify it. The minister I know would not clear an aircraft in dispute to take off with a registration number that is foreign.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2019 04:30 UTC