The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended commercial airline Max Air for three months following an incident involving one of the aircraft of the local carrier at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.
A spokesman for the regulatory agency Michael Achimugu made this known in a statement on Wednesday, hours after the Tuesday night incident at the Kano airport.
The flight, Max Air B734, operated by the aircraft with registration marks 5N-MBD, on landing at the airport, at 10:51 pm, suffered a wheel landing gear collapse and a tire burst while landing on the runway at the airport throwing passengers into panic.
However, the six crew members and 53 passengers onboard did not suffer any major injuries during the incident.
According to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the runway has since been cleared and flight operations have resumed at the airport.
The regulator said the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has also initiated an investigation into the occurrence.
