Airspace: NAMA, Ghana CAA Sign Cross Border Search And Rescue Agreement - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 3, 2019
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA for effective synergy and collaborative cross border search and rescue.
NAMA’s Managing Director, Fola Akinkuotu who confirmed the development in a news statement in Lagos said the MoU was signed recently at NAMA’s corporate headquarters in Lagos with a high-powered team of Ghana Civil Aviation Authority officials.
He said the agreement would help to address issues arising from the flow of air traffic among adjacent Flight Information Regions, FIRs.
According to Akinkuotu, it stipulates guidelines and procedures for collaboration on aircraft and weather/terrain information sharing, deployment of manpower as well as search-and- rescue equipment in the event of an incident or accident.