The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that all mobile phones must be switched off during flight take-off and landing henceforth. The two recent incidents of passengers’ unruly behaviour at the nation’s airports.
This was made known on Tuesday by NCAA Director-General, Captain Chris Najomo, at the National Civil Aviation Security Committee (NCASC) meeting to address the challenges of unruly passengers and prevent further security breaches.
According to Leadership, NCAA DG said that the meeting was aimed at determining and deploying immediate corrective measures to prevent similar incidents in the future, even as he highlighted the importance of training, retraining, and continuous training on matters related to aviation security.
Also speaking, the director of public affairs and consumer protection at the NCAA, Michael Achimugu, said it is mandatory for all passengers on board an aircraft to obey the instructions of the pilot and cabin crew.
He, however, implored the aviation security to step up its enforcement regulations and more stringent and consistent.