Another air disaster was averted at the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport, Abuja on Monday as a Med-View Airlines aircraft from Lagos suddenly took to the air again at the point of landing in Abuja.
The pilot told the passengers that he took to the air again to avoid a collision with another aircraft on the tarmac.
The airline Flight VL2104 took off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos at noon and was scheduled to land in Abuja at about 1.05pm.
The pilot had already announced final descent into Abuja and asked all passengers and cabin crew to fasten their seat belts but the pilot suddenly took off to the air again with barely 30 seconds to touch ground.
The plane had 150 passengers on board.
After about three minutes of gaining altitude, the pilot announced that he decided to take off again to avoid colliding with an aircraft that was on ground.
He said that after he had been granted clearance to land, it was later discovered that the other aircraft was not fast enough, hence his decision to take off.
The aircraft hovered for another 20 minutes in the air before finally landing at about 1.30pm.
While the drama lasted, the passengers were panic-stricken, especially when the plane entered into turbulent weather on air.
Our source said that among the passengers were five different complete families.
One of the passengers, a nursing mother, who was breastfeeding her son at the time the pilot took off again reportedly withdrew the breast from the boy's mouth and started praying profusely while the baby's cry rented the air.
When the plane finally landed, the passengers struggled to disembark.
"Are you still sitting down? Let me rush down in case it will suddenly take off again," a middle-aged man was heard teasing one of his co-passengers.
The incident came less than a month after an Embraer aircraft operated by Associated Airlines with registration number SCD 361, conveying the corpse of a former Governor of Ondo State, Chief Olusegun Agagu, from Lagos to Akure for burial, crashed on October 3 shortly after take-off at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos.
Thirteen passengers in the crashed plane were killed, including a commissioner in Ondo State, Deji Falae. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Another blame on Stella Oduah i guess ... something is terribly wrong somewhere.
ReplyDeleteRunning an aviation industry will only end up in tears.
ReplyDeleteYou are a bunch of uneducated people, just like your aviation minister, she has not got a clue and should not being doing that job.
She is only good at buying cars with other peoples money.
We just need constant prayers against the evil spirit tormenting our air space.
ReplyDeletewe are tired with this woman and her "delete all" planes,alright?
ReplyDeleteI wonder why the news of near plane crash is all that we hear these days.LOL. If we are sensitive people i think we will take a closer look at why all these is going. People just want to see that more rubbish is heaped on Stella....... Just a means to an end.
ReplyDeleteIF THE RIGHT PEOLPE HAD BEEN PUT IN PLACE ALL THESE ISSUES COULD BE AVOIDED. HOW CAN A WELL TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED AIR OFFICER CLEAR A PLANE TO LAND WHEN THERE IS ANOTHER ONE ON THE SAME TARMAC?
ReplyDeletemumu people,is aviation minister working at d airport control tower. Is she d DJ of NCCA, FAAN n other agencies in d aviation sector. Sh've done vry well n d SE is proud of her.
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ReplyDeletehas been used for bullet proof cars.enough of thèse near death expériences. It Is scary. Put roads in good condition and make road travelling sage most pple Will ignore air travelling and during next political dispensation nigerians Will look before they leap
when u see a good thinking nigerian u will know without being told. A plane landed nd the pilot discovered that there was another plane parking on the tarmac, ln attempt to save the situation decided to take off again and later landed safely when a run way was created and l'm very appreciative to the pilot for his experience in the job. Why shud some idiots and visionless nigerians blame Oduah for this, ls she working at the airport. Idiots. Oduah will remain in dat office if u like go to hell nobody cares foooools.
ReplyDeleteThis is news and it is meant to educate and inform. Clearly someone is not doing his/her job right and probe must be conducted to ascertain who is really responsible. Talking about responsibility, a few minds think Oduah should be left out of this. How can the head not be blamed for a misfortune that befell the body in a place where the legs took the body to? Only a fool would think the occurence did not indict her. After all, she influences who works and who get paid.
ReplyDeleteGo by road within Nigeria. At least for now.
ReplyDeleteYou never know that, the goodness of any part of the body is the responsibility of the head? All blame to Odua.
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