Air Peace has denied receiving any official communication from the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) on its preliminary findings regarding the airline’s incident at the Port Harcourt International Airport on July 13.
The airline disclosed this in a statement signed by its management on X on Friday, hours after the NSIB released a preliminary report stating that crew members on board the flight tested positive for alcohol and cannabis.
The incident involved an Air Peace Boeing 737-524 aircraft with registration 5N-BQQ, which overshot the runway while operating a Lagos-Port Harcourt service.
Air Peace said the captain of the flight was dismissed for failure to adhere to Crew Resource Management (CRM) principles and for disregarding go-around procedures advised by the co-pilot, not for substance use.
“To date, we have never received any official communications from the NSIB on such findings over a month after the incident and after the testing of the crew for alcohol which took place in less than an hour of the incident,” the statement read.
The airline added that the co-pilot, who called for a go-around, has been reinstated with the approval of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
“If he was involved in drug or alcohol use, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority would not have cleared him to resume flight duties,” the airline said.
Air Peace also said it would intensify internal checks and increase the frequency of alcohol and drug testing for its crew to ensure compliance with its safety policy.
The airline reaffirmed its commitment to Enhanced Crew Resource Management training and fitness-for-duty monitoring.
