A United Airlines flight UA613, on Thursday, reportedly made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The Boeing 787-8 flight was en route to Washington Dulles
International Airport (IAD) from Lagos.
The Cable quoting an official of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), confirmed the development.
The source, however, did not provide details on the nature of the emergency.
“There was truly an emergency landing by United Airline
yesterday. Some passengers sustained minor injuries, but there were no
casualties,” the official said.
According to media reports, about 245 passengers, eight
attendants and three pilots were on the flight at the time of the incident,
which occurred over Ivory Coast airspace.
A passenger, narrating the ordeal to Vanguard, said the
incident happened after they had unfastened their seatbelts.
“We had already been served our meals when the plane lost
pressure and dropped. We noticed a sharp descent,” the passenger said.
“I hit my head on the ceiling because of the impact. I
became unconscious, but one person from the medical team came to attend to me
in the middle of the turmoil.
“The sharp descent happened three times, causing some people
to sustain injuries. We spent four hours on air. In the midst of the turmoil,
the pilot said we were going to land in Ghana, but we eventually landed in
Nigeria.”
According to the report, the airline said it returned to
Lagos to “address a technical issue”.
On December 1, 2021, United Airlines commenced flight
operations from Washington, United States, to Lagos.
The service marked the airline’s return to Nigeria since it
left in 2016 over foreign exchange (FX) crisis.
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