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Just In: Robbers Broke Into Arik’s Aircraft At Lagos Airport, Loot Vital System Component

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Robbers have broken into Arik Air aircraft, a Boeing 737-73V with registration number EI-ULN, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

 

The aircraft was ransacked by thieves, who stole the Flight Management Computer, one of the major subsystems of the Flight Management System.

 

The FMS is an on-board multi-purpose navigation, performance and aircraft operations computer designed to provide virtual data and operational harmony between closed and open elements associated with a flight from pre-engine start and take-off, to landing and engine shutdown.

 

The FMC, according to aviation experts, is worth hundreds of thousands of United States dollars.

 

Reliable sources at the airport and Arik Air confirmed to SaharaReporters that the incident happened between 11:00pm on Wednesday night to 7:00am on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at the Domestic Terminal II.

 

The thieves did not only vanish with the FMC but also tampered with the pilot static cover and other sensitive parts of the aircraft, making it impossible for the aircraft to be flown.

 

Aviation experts told SaharaReporters that the act could have only been carried out by persons with aircraft technical skills.

 

“It is impossible for a novice to have successfully removed the FMC, that thing was stolen by an expert,” one aviation source said.

 

Flights originally scheduled for the aircraft were either cancelled or postponed.

 

The aircraft was leased to Arik by Eznis Airways LLC, an airline based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

 

Authorities have since suspended flights on every of the aircrafts leased by the Mongolian company.

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