Nigeria’s Air Peace scaled a major regulatory hurdle last week as it successfully performed emergency evacuation and ditching demonstrations as part of the safety tests for the operation of its Boeing 777. And they did it in style.
According to travel blogger Dozie Uzo, once the signal to commence the exercise was given, the crew set out to work, deploying the four slides of the Boeing 777 within 10.5 seconds – 4.5 seconds ahead of the maximum time allowed.
On the flight deck of the Boeing 777-300 were Capt Simon Donoghue, Capt Ndubisi Ekwempu, First Officer Femi Aderomu and First Officer Ahmed Abdullahi. There were 16 Flight Attendants including Nigerians; Mayowa Samuel Jnr and Ukonze Amarachi.
With this in the bag, Air Peace is (almost) set for the commencement of international flights with the Boeing 777 to Dubai, Sharjah, London, Houston, Guangzhou, Mumbai and Johannesburg.
It will be recalled that the airline took delivery of its first Boeing 777-200 on February 23, 2018.
The new aircraft, a 320-seater Boeing 777-300 named “Ojochide” and marked 5N-BUU, was flown into the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos by Air Peace Chief Pilot, Capt. Victor Egonu and Senior First Officer Emmanuel Iwhiwhu.
