Plane crash averted in Enugu

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By OLA AJAYI, IBADAN – MANY sympathizers, Wednesday,  rushed to the scene of a fatal auto crash in Ibadan where 18 people were said to have died after a commercial bus fell off a bridge at Soka Bus Stop, Oluyole Local Government area of the city. Among those that lost their lives in the unfortunate accident were two children whose ages ranged from three to five

By Tony Edike

ENUGU- WHAT would have been a tragic air disaster was averted Wednesday when an Arik aircraft scheduled  to fly Enugu to Abuja by 8.50am almost crashed four minutes after take off.

The over 100 passengers on board would have perished if the pilot had not returned shortly take off and made an emergency landing.

Captain of the Boeing 737-800  with registration number  F-MJK, whose name could not be ascertained, was quoted to have said that  he noticed  right engine failure and quickly returned to the Akanu Ibiam Airport.

An eyewitness said that the airport  fire service, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), NCAA, the  SSS, Police were all at alert when the plane landed.

Aviation experts said that it was the experience of the pilot that saved both the aircraft and the passengers.

Passengers who quickly came out of the aircraft narrated their frightful ordeal and called for improved aviation services.

One of the passengers, a colonel in Nigeria Army,  thanked God for saving their lives.

Meanwhile, the  Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has already grounded the aircraft until it is certified to fly again.

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