The Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Musa Nuhu, has stated that the agency is investigating some oil companies in relation to the contamination of Jet A1 sold to Max Air some days ago. According to the DG, NCAA has identified three aviation fuel suppliers in the course of its investigation into the circumstances that led to contamination in the commodity supplied to Max Air some days ago. He added, “Yes, it’s true, the operations of the Max Air B737 fleet have been suspended for a series of issues they’ve had over a couple of times. We did have a meeting with Max Air about a month ago after the landing incident in Abuja, and a lot of issues were trashed out. “We have started an investigation and we have identified three aviation fuel companies that they took fuel from that day.

Source: Punch July 15, 2023 07:25 UTC