[Thieves Ransack Arik’s Aircraft At Lagos Airport, Cart Away Vital System Component

There has been a major security breach at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, SaharaReporters exclusively gathered.

An Arik Air aircraft, a Boeing 737-73V with registration number EI-ULN, was ransacked by thieves, who stole the Flight Management Computer, one of the major subsystems of the Flight Management System.

The FMS is an on-board multi-purpose navigation, performance and aircraft operations computer designed to provide virtual data and operational harmony between closed and open elements associated with a flight from pre-engine start and take-off, to landing and engine shutdown.

The FMC, according to aviation experts, is worth hundreds of thousands of United States dollars.

Reliable sources at the airport and Arik Air confirmed to SaharaReporters that the incident happened between 11:00pm on Wednesday night to 7:00am on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at the Domestic Terminal II.

The thieves did not only vanish with the FMC but also tampered with the pilot static cover and other sensitive parts of the aircraft, making it impossible for the aircraft to be flown.

Aviation experts told SaharaReporters that the act could have only been carried out by persons with aircraft technical skills.

“It is impossible for a novice to have successfully removed the FMC, that thing was stolen by an expert,” one aviation source said.

Flights originally scheduled for the aircraft were either cancelled or postponed.

The aircraft was leased to Arik by Eznis Airways LLC, an airline based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Authorities have since suspended flights on every of the aircrafts leased by the Mongolian company.

Breach of security at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport continues to raise concerns among citizens and major stakeholders in the sector.

There had been reports of security breaches at the car park in recent times with vehicles parked at the facility reportedly vandalised.

Recall that SaharaReporters had detailed how security at the domestic terminal of the airport appears compromised as faulty equipment were being used to screen bags of travellers making use of the airport.

It was also discovered that security screeners deployed by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria to MMA Terminal Two are not certified by the National Civil Aviation Authority to carry out the screening.

In 2019, there was an airside incursion at the airport as passengers aboard a Port Harcourt-bound flight panicked after a man climbed the aircraft while it was about to take-off at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja.

According to a video shot by one of the passengers in Lagos, the man illegally gained access to the airside with a piece of hand luggage.

SaharaReporters had also previously reported how a Nigerian woman bypassed all security points at the international wing of the airport and attempted to sneak into a United States of America-bound Delta Air Line.

She was, however, arrested by security as she was about to board the aircraft.

It was reliably gathered that of the not less than 629 staff of FAAN Aviation Security at the Lagos airport, about 85 security personnel are NCAA screeners certified.

http://saharareporters.com/2022/01/25/exclusive-thieves-ransack-arik%E2%80%99s-aircraft-lagos-airport-cart-away-vital-system-component

Nigeria under this government is a huge joke

Poverty has pushed so many people into doing so many things just to survive

No where is safe even our airports and aircrafts not safe

Buhari, do quick and come and be going

The type of news you get these days will fee you

Apc is evil . Buhari is a dullard.. osibanjo government has failed Nigerians .

Security is on the lowest level since the civil war..

But we’re fine.. we’re surviving

Vote asiwaju Tinubu as President and see bandits collecting ticket and issuing recipes in Nigeria

Criminals and Boko will be given “ legal right “ to operate .

Is not a joke ..

For sure
Herdsmen from Libya will take over Yoruba land for peace to reign

Apc is evil

“It is impossible for a novice to have successfully removed the FMC, that thing was stolen by an expert,”
If police want to do their job they will arrest those who carried out the operation within a week.

They should look at their recently disgruntled pilots , this is outright sabotage because that stuff can't be sold , Boeing will immediately know where it is once it's mounted on any other 737

They should go to balogun market and ask for wasiu

PrinceOfLagos:
Nigeria under this government is a huge joke

Poverty has pushed so many people into doing so many things just to survive

No where is safe even our airports and aircrafts not safe

Buhari, do quick and come and be going

shallow reasoning thinking

if dey can burgle Aso Rock abg na where dem no fit burgle again....

Baawaa:
“It is impossible for a novice to have successfully removed the FMC, that thing was stolen by an expert,”
If police want to do their job they will arrest those who carried out the operation within a week.

It's either ATC's or ATC's with maybe airport security or nahco officials. Aircraft technician wey dem no pay well or they're owing.

Baawaa:
“It is impossible for a novice to have successfully removed the FMC, that thing was stolen by an expert,”
If police want to do their job they will arrest those who carried out the operation within a week.

It's a fallout of their recent workers crisis ... Disgruntled ones trying to sabotage operations

Can Nigeria recover from Buhari failures Because the damage is too much

Lagos airport

That’s the only place in Nigeria .. plane will be losing its part..

Tinubu Yoruba Lagos...

Lagos wey people dey steal humans .. plane matter Na small.

Wharf RAT

Na

Airport RAT.
Just wish as they are tempering the Aeroplane start cruising on run way.
Just like thief that try to steal supercar that has no steering. Guyman enter car door lock no steering.
Guyman scream. WTF

Note there is a button you press steering will come up.

Odin13:
Apc is evil . Buhari is a dullard.. osibanjo government has failed Nigerians .

Security is on the lowest level since the civil war..

But we’re fine.. we’re surviving

Vote asiwaju Tinubu as President and see bandits collecting ticket and issuing recipes in Nigeria

Criminals and Boko will be given “ legal right “ to operate .

Is not a joke ..

For sure
Herdsmen from Libya will take over Yoruba land for peace to reign

Apc is evil

You sound like a frustrated Nigerian

Nigeria is a country of anything goes ...

It is even possible to kidnapped somebody inside a moving Air plane, nothing is impossible in this country.

B

Lol....9ja suppose dey netflix

straight to black maket

When everything don red finish. People go steal aeroplane sell am for aboki. Use the money chop better food. When a government does not care about the people it governs this is just the starting point of what happens next

Noted

Inside Cabin biscuits of Naija