More facts have emerged on the controversial private jet incident that landed on an uncompleted road in Ogwashi-Uku, Asaba, Delta State, last week.

Searches on the site of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) indicated that the aircraft is owned by an American company, Best Aircraft Deals LCC in Salt Lake City, United States of America (U.S.) and operated in Nigeria by VMO Aero Limited.

The aircraft was manufactured in 1988 by Canadair Ltd with the serial number: 5021 and currently carries the registration number: N989BC.

A source close to the aircraft company told The Guardian that the captain and the co-pilot were both Americans at the time of the incident.

The incident, which involved a Bombardier Challenger CL-601 business jet, has triggered multiple investigations by aviation regulators, security agencies, and accident investigators, following revelations that the aircraft landed on a roadway and later departed the scene without regulatory clearance.

Speaking on the issue, aviation security consultant Olufemi Adeniji, in an interview with The Guardian over the weekend, called for a comprehensive security investigation involving all individuals connected to the flight.

He also charged the Federal Government to intensify vigilance on private airports and airstrips across the country, especially at this time of a high insecurity situation in the country.

Adeniji insisted that the unauthorised departure of the aircraft from the road raises serious questions about the authorisation of the takeoff and whether standard procedures were deliberately ignored by the aircraft’s four crew.

Adeniji further questioned how a fixed-wing aircraft could land on a public roadway, discharge passengers, and subsequently took off again without attracting immediate intervention from security agencies.

He argued that if the aircraft had crashed during the unauthorised departure or landing, lives and property within the surrounding communities could have been impacted.