Overland Airways clears air on ‘water dripping from aircraft’

Overland Airways’ management has explained that the water dripping from its aircraft on arrival from a flight at the weekend has no safety consequence.

The airline, according to Edward Boyo, its CEO, with occasional water dripping from the cooling system is not an uncommon occurrence in airliners flying all over the world, and will also affirm that it is not in any way a safety issue.

The airline explanation is coming after it was alleged that some persons raised concern over the situation while Overland said it was ‘de-marketing for it for some people to have gone to the social media to announce it saying it was normal in aviation.’

“Overland Airways is totally committed to the safety and comfort of our individual passengers and importantly the economic development of Nigeria. We have the capacity to continue to provide you our esteemed passengers high quality service at all times, and we indeed appreciate your patronage.

“In addition, we confirm the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has diligently inspected the aircraft, certified its airworthiness and educated the general public via various mass media on the cosmetic nature of the occurrence.

“We are therefore shocked at the malicious defamation, de-marketing and cheap publicity that has followed. Overland Airways has earned its quality and status in Nigeria, and cannot be put down by sponsored baseless, ignorant and malicious videos and comments in the media. Our consistency and safety record speak for the airline over these 12 years of our operation to develop Nigeria’s economies,” he said.

It would be recalled that the airline is one of the few scheduled commercial passenger airlines in Nigeria that has successfully operated for over 10 years. It should be noted that it is also the only scheduled commercial passenger airline older than six years in Nigeria that is not taken over by the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) because of excessive debts profiles.