{"id":78297,"date":"2025-11-06T21:59:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78297"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:59:42","slug":"senate-clears-air-peace-faults-nsib-over-drug-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/06\/senate-clears-air-peace-faults-nsib-over-drug-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Clears Air Peace, Faults NSIB Over Drug Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate has cleared Air Peace of wrongdoing in the July 13 runway overrun at Port Harcourt International Airport, describing the drug and alcohol allegations against the airline\u2019s pilots as \u201cinconsistent and uncoordinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision followed an investigation by the Senate Committee on Aviation, which reviewed the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), report and found discrepancies that could harm Nigeria\u2019s aviation reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Committee Chairman, Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari (Oyo North), said the aircraft sustained no damage and returned to Lagos the same day, warning that inaccurate reports could erode global confidence in the country\u2019s air safety ratings.<\/p>\n<p>He commended Air Peace and other domestic carriers for maintaining strict safety standards and urged regulators to support indigenous airlines.<\/p>\n<p>Air Peace Chairman, Allen Onyema, criticised the NSIB\u2019s handling of the matter, calling it misleading and damaging to the airline\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that the incident resulted from human error, not mechanical failure, and reaffirmed the airline\u2019s commitment to safety.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate is expected to issue a final report recommending better coordination and clearer communication among aviation regulators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; The Senate has cleared Air Peace of wrongdoing in the July 13 runway overrun at Port Harcourt International Airport, describing the drug and alcohol allegations against the airline\u2019s pilots as \u201cinconsistent and uncoordinated.\u201d The decision followed an investigation by the Senate Committee on Aviation, which reviewed the Nigerian Safety Investigation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1746],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78297","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78299,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78297\/revisions\/78299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}