The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued a weather hazard alert to all pilots and airline operators indicating hazards associated with flight operations during the rainy season.

The Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Muhtar Usman issued the alert on Tuesday in an Advisory Circular to the airlines in Lagos.

Usman said in the circular that NCAA-AEROMET-25 was issued based on the Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) released for 2018 by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet).

He said that the agency had predicted March/April and May/June 2018 as the onset of rainy season in the Southern and Northern parts of Nigeria respectively.

“This alert is quite imperative at the outset of the rainy season which is usually accompanied by severe thunderstorms and many other hazardous weather phenomena such as turbulence, microburst, low-level wind shear and hail events.

“The above-mentioned factors are known to pose an obvious threat to aircraft operations,” Usman said. He urged the pilots, operators and Air Traffic Controllers to take note of their various responsibilities.

“Air Traffic Controllers may temporarily close airspace when hazardous weather conditions such as severe thunderstorms, squall lines, microburst or low-level wind shear are observed or forecast by Nimet. “Flight Crews/Operators and Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) shall ensure adherence to aerodrome weather minima.

“Pilots shall exercise maximum restraint whenever the adverse weather is observed or forecast by Nimet. “Pilots/Flight crew members shall obtain adequate departure, en-route and destination weather information and briefing from Nimet Aerodrome Meteorological officer prior to flight operations,” he said.

Usman advised the operators to ensure that necessary measures were put in place to manage the effects of flight delays or cancellations on their passengers. He said that all stakeholders were required to ensure strict compliance as violations would be viewed seriously.


Source:
https://www.autoreportng.com/2018/04/nigeria-meteorological-agency-issues.html

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Never knew Nigeria has such agency..!

That guy above just be stealing somebody's shine my sweet FTC

AA

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may God save us

Buhari over to you

whitebeard:
Never knew Nigeria has such agency..!

The agency has always been there but with inaccurate weather forecast alot of times.

miracle wont listen he will still fly for nina

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Good, I have never come across such agency name before.

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I'm a pilot and I'd fly whenever I deem fit.

I'm always up in the air, the weather knows me and moreover I'm from Edo state

abeg make una hear o...since buhari declare his ambition ..strange things have Ben happening ...abeg papa buhari...consider Nigeria and take back ur word nah

henrydadon:
miracle wont listen he will still fly for nina

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Pls this should be taken seriously by the airlines, human lives should be valued more than what ever money they stand to lose by possibly not flying. This is a good call from Nimet and one of the best I have seen from them.Looks like Buhari’s second term declaration is beginning to make things happen o. LOL

whitebeard:
Never knew Nigeria has such agency..!

All these ones dey talk once in 8 years... Make we just know say they dey exist

The next time you'll hear from them is 8years from today

A tad too late.

They should have issued the warning before Buhari jetted off. That could have scared him into staying back to manage his mess.


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Trust an average Nigerian flying in an Airplane now will always have fear especially when there is turbulence until they land. May God grant us journey mercies on land, Air and water.

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These days everyone is in the news just to say they are working even if its the same routine they have been doing over the years

Good weather forecast is great. But all airports need proper radar system too. Weather can change suddenly. What was predicted as light rain can become very heavy rain that can obscure view when landing. It happens almost anywhere in the world. Our Control towers need the very best technology.

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We shall be more alert...even the witches and wizards too.