Passengers of Dana Air heading to
Lagos from Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital were stranded at the airport for 10
hours on Saturday.
The passengers, who had checked
in at Akwa Ibom international airport around 11am for the mid-day flight,
waited till 9pm after which the flight was cancelled.
This irked many of the passengers
who complained bitterly that there was no plan by the airline to make
arrangement for where they would spend the night.
When contacted, Kingsley
Ezenwa, Dana Air spokesman, said the incident happened due to one of the
company’s aircraft on maintenance.
He added that the company would
look into the welfare of the stranded passengers, while they will also be
compensated.
“We want to apologise to the
passengers that are passing through this at the moment. It wasn’t actually
intended,” he said.
“One of our aircraft had to go
for unscheduled maintenance. For us, safety comes first. We are trying our best
but we could not do anything about it. The flight has been rescheduled and we
will definitely operate it. Concerning compensation and welfare, that will be
communicated to the passengers.”
Watch the video of customers
protesting below:
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