More 100 People Escape Tragic Death As Arik Air Aircraft Loses Engine Mid-Air Between Lagos And Jos

Several air passengers were nearly killed in
a really tragic manner after their flight
almost crashed from the air.
A potential plane crash in Nigeria was
averted on Friday saving the lives of
more than 100 people on board.
According to SaharaReprters, an Arik Air
aircraft carrying over 100 passengers
lost one of its two engines mid-air.
It was learnt that the aircraft, a Boeing
737 with the registration number 5N-
MJD departed from Murtala Muhammed
Airport (MMA), Lagos, for Jos when the
pilot discovered that the plane had lost
one of its engines during the flight.
SaharaReporters reports that a source
close to the airline said the aircraft was
already 60 miles away from Lagos before
the incident occurred.
Immediately after the pilot discovered
the problem, he contacted the Lagos
control tower, which granted him
emergency landing status.
Passengers panicked when they were
informed that the aircraft would return
to Lagos.
Upon landing in Lagos, it was gathered
that the aircraft could not taxi out of the
runway and it took the intervention of
the Airport Rescue and Fire-Fighting
Services (ARFFS), a department in the
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
(FAAN), to tow the aircraft to the hajj
and cargo terminal area of the airport in
order for the passengers to disembark
from the aircraft.
“The incident occurred at noon on
Friday. The aircraft had departed Lagos
for Jos, but barely a few minutes into the
journey, the pilot radioed the Lagos
control tower that it needed to return to
base,” a source from the airline told
SaharaReporters.
“When the control tower heard this, they
approved the pilot for emergency
landing, which he did successfully. The
aircraft had to be towed out of the
runway by the ARFFS because it could
not move again.”
A source in the Accident Investigation
Bureau (AIB) said the Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority (NCAA) was yet to
report the incident to the bureau for
further investigation.
“As an investigator, I can tell you that I
am not aware of this development. AIB
should be the one to decide any
occurrence if it feels that the industry
can gain any safety value from it,” the
source said.
“There had been complaints that the
NCAA does not notify us at times when
there is an incident. It is by law that we
should be notified in case of any
incident. The AIB Commissioner is
empowered by law to investigate any
occurrence in the sector,” he explained.
Similarly, a source in the NCAA said that
the regulatory body was yet to be
informed about the incident, stressing
that it was a reportable issue.
The cause of the incident remains
unknown at the time of publication.

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