According to the message circulated with the images above on the social media, it read, "A plane crash-landed on the road in Igando, Lagos in the early hours of Thursday. Residents on their way to work were shocked to see the plane on the road."
In a telephone interview with newsmen, the information officer, South West office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye explained that it's all a rumour, and no aircraft either crashed or crash landed in any area of Lagos.
He said :" NEMA confirms that there is no air crash in Lagos. No aircraft crash landed into either Igando or Mangoro area of Lagos.
"What we learnt is that on Wednesday night, about 11.20 pm, some persons were transporting scraps of disused aircraft in a truck from the airport vicinity. This triggered anxiety among resident that saw it, people took the photographs and circulated it on social media, thinking it was wreckage of an aircraft that had a crash. This is the cause of the anxiety. There is no crash in Lagos."
Meanwhile, aviation authorities at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA), Nigeria Airspace Management Agency ( NAMA), and Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN), have clarified that there is no air crash in Lagos. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Then, the above mentioned authorities ought to have removed the disused aircraft before the resultant public anxiety and shock. i learn the aircraft is still there ds mourning. meanwhile thank u for clearing the rumor.
ReplyDeleteBut how can a lorry toe an air craft on the main car road. I can't believe it.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine? A truck toying an aircraft? what is happening in this country. The management of the Airport shouldnt have agreed to the transportation means of removing the aircraft from the airport vicinity. I guess there is more to this than what we're made to understand. Wake up from your sleep NAMA and FAAN.
ReplyDeleteThis is not true, where is an aircraft going from ikeja to where ? By a lorry toying it and how can it pass a main street, we aren't fool's....or is was been stolen ?
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