An incident involving Medview Airlines Boeing 747-400 plane at the Lagos airport on Friday disrupted the airlift of Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.
A fork lift belonging to the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc was said to have collided with the Medview plane at the airport apron, causing a substantial damage to the aircraft.
The incident, it was learnt, forced the management of the airline to cancel the planned airlift of its second batch of 500 pilgrims to the Holy Land.
An official of Medview confirmed the development. He, however, said the airline had ordered a new part to replace the damaged area.
He gave an assurance that the problem would be fixed later on Friday night as soon as the ordered part arrived from Saudi Arabia.
The General Manager, Public Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mr. Akin Olukunle, confirmed the incident.
He said the industry regulator, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, had commenced an investigation into the incident.
Spokesman for NAHCO, Mr. Sanya Onayoade, also confirmed the development, but said that the company could not comment on the matter until the relevant agencies investigating the matter had concluded their investigations.
NCAA spokesman, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, said it was a normal industry practice for such incident to be investigated.
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So why will a forklift be moving when the airline is taxing. There are rules regarding ROW when on the TARMAC
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