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Nigeria: Air Peace Pilots Test Positive for Alcohol, Drugs
Toxicology tests confirmed alcohol and cannabis use by Air Peace flight crew, prompting safety recommendations to improve training and fitness-for-duty checks, NSIB reported.
- On June 13, 2025, an Air Peace Boeing 737 carrying 103 passengers veered off the runway after landing at Port Harcourt International Airport without damage.
- The incident occurred after the aircraft approached the runway unstably and touched down significantly beyond the intended touchdown zone on Runway 21, approximately 2.26 kilometres from the beginning of the runway, according to the NSIB investigation.
- Toxicological analysis detected ethyl glucuronide—a marker of recent alcohol intake—in both the pilot and co-pilot, while a member of the cabin crew was found to have tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol .
- The pilot, aged 64 with over 18,000 flying hours, has been dismissed for safety violations, while the 28-year-old co-pilot with 1,200 hours was acquitted and returned to duty.
- All 103 onboard disembarked safely with no injuries reported, while NSIB continues investigating and recommends improved training and stronger safety procedures.
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His co-pilot was also tested positive for alcohol, while another crew member was tested positive for cannabis.
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Air Peace pilots test positive for alcohol, drugs
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has released its preliminary report, indicting an Air Peace pilot and a Co-pilot for taking hard drugs and alcohol. The accident investigators tested the crew positive for the substances after the aircraft they flew was involved in a runway incursion at the Port Harcourt International Airport on July 13, 2025. This was contained in a preliminary report signed by the Director of Public Affairs and F…
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