Rules for passengers inside plane or airport for Nigeria
Faan also advise passengers to familiarise themselves wit di Passengers' Rights and Responsibilities, and Airlines Obligations wey di Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) publish plus di Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Bye Laws.
Dis advisory dey come afta one video wey go viral show one incident wey involve one female passenger - Comfort Emmanson or Comfort Bob and Ibom Air hostess and airport security.
Ibom Air wey later address di issue for statement confam tok say di incident happun on Sunday, 10 August, and di passenger wey dem identify as Ms Comfort Emmanson bin board dia Uyo–Lagos and her conduct bin pose serious threat to di safety of dia crew, passengers, and aircraft.
Dem say Ms Emmanson bin attack dia hostess sake of say dem instruct her to switch off her mobile phone wey dey in line wit standard aviation safety procedures, wey she no gree do until di Pilot-in-Command make di announcement, afta which one fellow passenger wey sidon beside her collect di phone and switch am off. Action wey lead to gbasgbos from Ms. Emmanson.
Authorities later detain her and charge her to court after di incident.
Comfort Bob never tok hwe own side of di tori.
Faan for dia reaction, condemn di action of Ms Emmanson and say di Faan Aviation Security (AVSEC) team don since intervene and don hand am ova to di Nigerian Police Force for further investigation and prosecution.
"Di Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) don note wit concern di increasing frequency of unruly behaviour by some passengers at our airports. We wish to categorically state say dat kain behaviour dey entirely unacceptable within di framework of civil aviation and no go dey tolerated.
Faan also add say dem dey review dia protocols around restraining and prosecuting of passengers in line wit di Airport Approved Security Programme and relevant laws.
Also, di Minister for Aviation, Festus Keyamo wey condemn wetin Ms Emmanson do tok say di police don arraign her on Monday morning for di Ikeja Magistrates Courts for criminal offences and dem don keep her for Kirikiri Prisons as she no fit provide adequate sureties for court.
Rules for passengers for airport according to NCAA regulations
For genuinely aggrieved passengers, Keyamo say clearly laid-down remedies dey to address dem as trying to take laws into pesin hand fit lead to consequences.
BBC News Pidgin reach out to di Director, Public Affairs & Consumer Protection for di Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu on wetin be di aviation regulations wey dey guide airline passengers, and e list di offences wey include but no dey limited to di following;
Di Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority regulations allow di aircraft commander or airport authority to take di necessary measures wey include restraint wia necessary wen dem see any passenger wey dey misbehave on board or for di terminal building.
Air traveller offences and dia penalty
NCAA also list offences and di penalty for inside airplane or for terminal area.
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