{"id":72194,"date":"2025-08-06T05:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72194"},"modified":"2025-08-06T05:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:21:49","slug":"valuejet-pilot-co-pilot-suspended-over-abuja-airport-safety-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/06\/valuejet-pilot-co-pilot-suspended-over-abuja-airport-safety-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"ValueJet Pilot, Co-Pilot Suspended Over Abuja Airport Safety Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended a ValueJet pilot and co-pilot for violating safety protocols at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at the domestic terminal, according to NCAA\u2019s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Oluranti Ogoyi and First Officer Ivan Oloba allegedly initiated departure without obtaining the mandatory pre-departure clearance from the designated bay.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the act as reckless, the NCAA said it endangered ground personnel and other airport users. The pilots\u2019 licenses were suspended with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>The authority said the breach contravened both national regulations and international aviation safety standards, stressing that the action reinforces its zero tolerance for violations that threaten air travel safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended a ValueJet pilot and co-pilot for violating safety protocols at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The incident occurred on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at the domestic terminal, according to NCAA\u2019s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu. Captain Oluranti Ogoyi and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72196,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72194\/revisions\/72196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}