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.
Puch reports that the airline Flight VL2104 which had
about 150 passengers on board 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 only for him to suddenly take off
to the air again with barely 30 seconds to touch ground.
Definitely, his action caused big panic, commotion
among the passengers who bursted into prayers, yells
to know what was happening, especially when the plane
entered into turbulent weather on air.
The PUNCH correspondent who was among the
passengers while telling his story, 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 withdrew the breast from the boy’s mouth and
started praying profusely while the baby’s cry rented
the air.
It wasn't until after about three minutes of gaining
altitude, the pilot announced that he had decided to
take off again to avoid colliding with an aircraft that
was on ground.
According to the pilot, 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. 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 asking one of his co-passengers.
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