An IRS Plane yesterday morning collided with an abandoned truck parked beside the taxiway at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. The wing of the aircraft collided with the truck which forced the Kano-bound plane to cancel the
flight. Passengers were later put in another flight.
A statement from IRS Airline below...
No passenger or crew sustained injuries as a result of the incident.“This morning our flight LVB 3306 taxied out on a Lagos to Kano flight with a transit stop at Abuja. The aircraft taxied out at 7:48am with 91 passengers. While taxing on the taxi way the Captain observed a FAAN truck in a ditch. There were no marshals around it neither was there any marking to indicate that it encroached into the taxi way. There was no Notice To Air Men (NOTAM) issued to that effect as well. The captain continued on his taxi and the wing tip hit a protrusion from the truck towards the rear of the truck. This made the captain request a return to ramp from the tower and also notify the tower of the incident and the danger posed by the truck. The passengers were disembarked and accommodated in another aircraft which departed Lagos at 10:15am. The incident has been reported to Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and we await the clearance of the NCAA to effect repairs and return the aircraft to service.
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ReplyDeleteThere was no need for that illustration. It looks too fake.
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ReplyDeleteIts high time the federal authorities put a stop to these sub-standard practices not only in our airports but also in other institutions. What is an "abandoned truck" doing close to a runway?
ReplyDeleteI don't wanna hear of another AVOIDABLE disaster o!
our air system in naija is just suicidal.. people that waited and took the next flight try o, cos if na me, na to go back house...
ReplyDeletethe question is whose fault... the pilot who couldnt stop before collision, the airport who didnt superise be4 take offs, or the idiot that parked truck on runway
ALL OF THE ABOVE...smh
ONLY GOD WILL HELP US OHH.ITS NOT SAFE TO FLY ANYMORE IN NIGERIA PERIOD
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ReplyDeleteCarelessness in the highest order. Thats Nigeria for you. The worst part is that this act will go unpunished.
ReplyDeleteIt was handled well, nyc 1 dey we're askd 2 return, passengers we're given an alternative n I hope dey ensure trucks are not abandoned lyk dat, its not a junkyard.
ReplyDeleteOlabiyi,have u flew an airplane before?How can he just stop the airplane?U think airplane is a car u can just stop like dat?Reason well before u post comments.
ReplyDeleteThank God no casualties instead of saying crap
ReplyDeleteDo you see? Do you see how useless this country is? How many warning signs do we need? This is the kind of thing the aviation sector needs to pay attention to - this complete lack of regard for law and order. What in the name of God was a truck doing there? How did the pilot get the okay to taxi off? If the Good Lord was in another kind of mood we would have had another tragedy on our hands. God is warning Nigeria oo. God is warning Nigeria!
ReplyDeletei am trying to work, how anyone would think it was a sensible idea to abandon a truck at a taxiway.... and nope i still haven't worked it out. i doubt i ever will.
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na wao,no bi small tin oo.'abandon truck',na who leave am there,minister of aviation no tell us say trucks don dey shuttles KANO tru air since all the aeroplane na aeromolue
ReplyDeleteFG will neva do anyfing cus its FAAN. Dey fink dey re above d laws of our country NIGERIA...same fing dey did 2 Pan Africa ,Maevis and so on
ReplyDeletebiko was the pilot sleeping or pinging? hain God save ur children oooo
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ReplyDeleteBiols u reason like a child and linda dis pix is so fake.
ReplyDeleteLinda,that ur illustration na wa o ... i tot the plane ran into the truck na *rolling my eyes*
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Thank God no life was lost, what is that truck doing there in the first place.
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