FNC and the aviation capital group
The plane is FNC, one of the 3 planes leased by ACG . The planes were so old .. around 20 years old .. All of them werent pass an appropiate manteinance checks when leased.
So when the company started ops all the planes were GROUNDED due multiples MELs,like air bleed leaks ,APUs not working , multiple surfaces computers not operating , corrosion on the fuselage , hidraulic leaks on struts,flaps locked,pack not operative,pitot tubes static tubes sensors,radar,flight displays not lighting.. etcetc,...
Its awesome how a leasing company can give planes on that state and after hope than their clients put the money to fix the planes while operating.
To be honest the FNA and FNB get intensive maintenance actions using the pieces from FNC and asking for new ones just to be operative to start the airline. With zero hours in 3 months and each one with more than 10 MELs . I did the flight tests of FNA and after 4 months with zero hours , and full maintenace service applied in Lagos , we founded a hell flight starting with no input from rudder on take off ! NWS seems not working ..so we had to make an asimetric thrust take off because we arent able to mantain the runway heading on the first 80 knots ..awesome.. bleed leak .. tcas not working ..no autobrake indication, bull**** planes from ACG . We fixed FNA and FNB with a lot of effort and and 2 or 3 flight test per plane before entering on operation.
So i guess this leasing company is NOT a victim.