Harrison Kuti, first Nigerian commercial pilot to fly Boeing 747, is dead.
He died on March 28, 2020, at 78 after a brief illness.
Harrison Kuti trained as a pilot and attended Acme School of Aeronautics, Texas, and Burnside-Ott Aviation School, Miami.
His professional and occupational interests spanned aviation, dredging, and marine engineering and shipping marine operations.
He joined the Nigerian Airways Corporation in 1964 and worked for about 20 years before retiring in 1983 as a Senior Training Captain.
In 1984, he was appointed Managing Director, Zenen Verstoep Company, a Dredging, Civil and Marine Engineering Company, where he led a team of experts to execute various government projects, including the dredging of Lekki axis.
