Air Peace is a private Nigerian airlinethat I've been fascinated by. The airline has been flying since 2013 primarily as a regional airline, though just a couple of weeks ago launchedtheir first long haul flight to Sharjah in the UAE. The airline has big expansion plans, and wants to add flights to Guangzhou, Houston, and London.A lot of questions have been raised about the safety of flying with Air Peace, though. The Accident Investigation Bureau of Nigeria has admonished the airline for failing to report accidents and serious incidents on multiple occasions, and for overwriting cockpit voice recorders to conceal evidence.First of all, Twitter'Before I talk too much about Air Peace, can I point out how epic the Accident Investigation Bureau of Nigeria Twitter account is'On their official Twitter account they posted video footage of the guy climbing onto the wing of a departing plane (which I wrote about several days ago), and hashtagged it with:#aviation #FridayFeeling #MMIA #LionKing2019 #TheGiftAn unidentifeid man climbed a plane about to depart at MMIA, left a bag in the engine and the delayed activities for 30mins. He was finally apprehended by the security and all passengers disembarked from the flight. #aviation #FridayFeeling #MMIA #LionKing2019 #TheGift pic.twitter.com/JUN6VYV50m AIB NIGERIA (@aibnigeria) July 19, 2019Seriously'! I can't decide whether to shake my head, or laugh to the point that I have tears in my eyes.And yep, also gotta love that #FridayMotivation!Friday Feeling! #FridayMotivation #aviation #Algeria #CAF2019 #wizkid pic.twitter.com/RjYvIHYI3j AIB NIGERIA (@aibnigeria) July 12, 2019And love flying' Download their app so that you can live report accidents and incidents! #TuesdayMotivation. For those who love flying every once in a while and frequent air travelers. Download the AIB Moibile App for live reporting of aicraft incidents and accidents. Kindly click on the link to download. https://t.co/4ZwGE5rQRN#TuesdayMotivation #TuesdayThoughts #Mazibybyethread pic.twitter.com/D7JeJJHE0a AIB NIGERIA (@aibnigeria) July 23, 2019Air Peace has yet another safety incident'Back to Air Peace.Airfleets says that the airline has a fleet of a dozen 737s, though looking at flight tracking only four of them have flown in the past several weeks.Since mid-May, there have been three incidents involving these planes, which is rather concerning.On May 15, 2019, an Air Peace 737 flying from Port Harcourt to Lagos had a hard landing that resulted in damage to the engine pod and the landing gear (Air Peace didn't initially report this incident to authorities).Then on June 22, 2019, an Air Peace 737 flying from Abuja to Port Harcourt ended up off the runway due to heavy rain, and came to a rest in soft mud.Video of Air Peace Boeing 737-500 skidded off runway at Port Harcourt Airport during heavy rain Air Peace Boeing 737-500 skidded off runway at Port Harcourt Airport during heavy rainAir Peace Boeing 737-500 skidded off runway at Port Harcourt Airport during heavy rainAir Peace Boeing 737-500 skidded off runway at Port Harcourt Airport during heavy rain.Video of Incident: Peace B735 at Port Harcourt on Jun 22nd 2019, runway excursion on landing Incident: Peace B735 at Port Harcourt on Jun 22nd 2019, runway excursion on landingToday there's yet another incident, as an Air Peace 737 lost a tire while landing in Lagos. An Airpeace flight lost a tire while landing in Lagos, no life was lost. The Bureau investigators are on the way to the site. #safety #Lagos #Airport pic.twitter.com/v9K6XSs5o1 AIB NIGERIA (@aibnigeria) July 23, 2019Details are still emerging about what happened today, though the good news is that there weren't any fatalities.So while none of these incidents were fatal, it sure is concerning when such a small airline has so many things happen in a short period.By the way, Air Peace had another 737 incident late last year, so here's a very odd interview with the CEO where he explains what happens. It basically boils down to 'of course Air Peace is safe, our pilots don't want to die!'Video of Yesterday's Airpeace Incident, Barr Allen Onyema Chairman And Airline Owner Addresses The Issues Yesterday's Airpeace Incident, Barr Allen Onyema Chairman And Airline Owner Addresses The IssuesOpinionAddThis:Original Author:Ben Lucky Disable advertisements:
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