These images should frighten any
air traveller in Nigeria who is familiar with our recent aviation history. How I
wish the images were actually photo-shopped or manipulated by mischief makers
to make us laugh. Sadly, they look too real to be the work of some crazy
prankster. And that is rather frightening.
After years of successive air
crashes and the chilling aftermath, Nigeria had momentarily seemed to be making
a clear break with the usual slapdash approach to safety in the aviation
sector. Ironically, it took the severely vilified Stella Odua to give Nigeria what
looked like the beginnings of a modern aviation industry. Under her watch, our
airports took a new look. Things got slightly better under Osita Chidoka as we
saw some serious moves to enforce safety regulations especially with the
down-grading of Asaba Airport.
However, as these images show, we
are on a backward slide. God save all air travellers this Yuletide!
No comments:
Post a Comment