Air Peace Crew Test Positive for Cannabis and Alcohol, NSIB Confirms in Preliminary Report

Air Peace Crew Test Positive for Cannabis and Alcohol, NSIB Confirms in Preliminary Report

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has released its preliminary report on the July 13, 2025 incident involving an Air Peace Boeing 737-524, revealing that some crew members tested positive for substances including alcohol and cannabis.

According to the NSIB, toxicology results confirmed that one cabin crew member tested positive for THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis, while other crew members showed signs of alcohol consumption.

The report noted that the findings are being reviewed under human performance and safety management to determine their role in the incident.

NSIB spokesperson, Mrs. Bimbo Olawunmi Oladeji, explained that the aircraft, carrying 103 people from Lagos to Port Harcourt, experienced an unstabilised final approach and landed long on Runway 21 at the Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo International Airport. The plane eventually stopped 209 metres into the clearway.

The bureau confirmed:

“All passengers and crew disembarked safely, and no injuries were reported.

The NSIB has issued immediate safety recommendations for Air Peace Limited to strengthen crew resource management (CRM) training, particularly in handling unstabilised approaches and go-around decisions and to reinforce internal procedures for crew fitness-for-duty monitoring before flight dispatch.”

While the bureau made the report available online, it stressed that the findings remain preliminary and subject to further analysis.

In response, Air Peace said it has not received official communication from NSIB, describing media reports as premature.

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The airline insisted:

“We are yet to receive any official communications from the NSIB on such findings over a month after the incident and after the testing of the crew for alcohol which took place in less than an hour of the incident!

As a responsible airline, we place utmost priority on safety, transparency, and compliance and it is important to set the record straight.”

Air Peace added that it already enforces strict anti-drug and alcohol policies, conducts regular tests on crew members, and has grounded the captain of the affected flight for failing to follow CRM principles. The airline reaffirmed that safety will never be compromised in its operations.