Murtala Muhammed Airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria on Thursday commenced the destruction of 65 airplanes abandoned at various airports across the country by domestic airlines.
The action followed the expiration of
the one-week ultimatum given by the agency to owners of the abandoned
aircraft to evacuate them from the airports.
The destruction exercise started at the
Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos at about 4pm, as FAAN’s contractors
handling the exercise moved to site.
The evacuation and destruction exercise is expected to move to the Abuja airport after the completion of the Lagos section.
The Logistics Officer, AAYU Mills, one
of the contractors handling the destruction of the airplanes on behalf
of FAAN, Mr. Bashir Haruna, told journalists at the site that a total of
13 aircraft abandoned at the Lagos airport would be dismantled within
the next 10 days.
After the dismantling, he said the
components would be transported to a steel company for recycling into
other industrial products.
According to Haruna, the aircraft parts
will be recycled in Lagos before being transported to the company’s
office in Kebbi State.
The General Manager, Corporate
Communications, FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati, said the company was expected to
finish its work in less than two weeks.
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