Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo has spoken on the Ethiopian Airline flight that nearly crashed on
Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
The Boeing 777-300, with over 390
people on board landed on third attempt amid strong winds and heavy rain.
Obasanjo, who was returning from
a meeting on implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement
(AFCFTA) which ended on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, said he remained calm and read
papers.
“I was on Ethiopian Airline: rain
just came down heavily”, Obasanjo told Premium Times.
“The pilot thought he could land
and he landed. He touched down, but I think he took a swift decision that he
had to take off again.
“So he took off. If he did not, I
think he probably would have overrun the runway. He then apologised and said he
would try to land again. He tried again, and we landed safely. And we all
clapped.
“He touched the ground. Then he
took off and apologised and landed again at about 12.30. We spent just about 10
minutes in the air before we landed again.
“While it all happened, I was
reading my papers. One man, who was next to me, said, ‘Oga you no worry?’
“I said ‘if I worry, what will I
do? If you are on a plane and you have a situation like this, why should you
worry?’ I left everything in the hands of God.”
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