The planes were so old .. around 20 years old .. All of them werent pass an appropiate manteinance checks when leased.
So how is this possible ????, somebody had to check/receive/accept the aircrafts from the lessor and actually put his name under the lease agreement,
further all of them were 5N registered, means they received a valid AOC issued by the NCAA !!!
I assume the NCAA would never have granted a Certificate of Airworthiness, if the birds would not have passed appropriate maintenance checks!!!
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.
No, It is amazing that First Nation invested a lot of money and leased three A320's, which were (in accordance with jimmyjoe22) more or less scrap !!!!!
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
Not able to maintain runway heading below 80kts/ no rudder input /bleed leak/no TCAS/no autobrake !
Are you complete insane to take a ride on a coffin ship like this ?
Do not know your aviation background, geezer, but do me a favor and put on your "none smoking" jacket again and hush, hush, back into the cage..........
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So i guess this leasing company is NOT a victim.
Bloody, good guess, mate !!!!