DANA AIR PLANE ABORTS FLIGHT AFTER MID-AIR COLLISION WITH BIRD

A Dana Air aircraft en-route Port Harcourt on Friday morning, made an ‘air return’, some minutes after take-off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport II, Lagos. The aircraft, with registration number 5N-SRI returned after colliding with a bird mid-air. The Communications Manager of the airline, Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, confirmed the incident in a statement. Ezenwa said the captain took a professional […]

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NCAA PROBES LAGOS-BOUND AERO AIRCRAFT SMOKE

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has begun investigation into the smoke in an Aero Contractors aircraft enroute Lagos from Port Harcourt. General Manager, Public Relations of NCAA, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, confirmed the development, in Lagos, on Wednesday. Aero Contractors flight NG316 was engulfed in smoke about 20 minutes after take-off, causing panic among the passengers. The situation prompted the […]

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AERO CONTRACTORS EXPLAINS SMOKE IN PH-LAGOS FLIGHT (PASSENGERS’ TWEETS AND VIDEO)

The management of Aero Contractors has been explaining the incident that led to the smoke in the flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos on Tuesday evening. The airline’s Managing Director, Captain Ado Sanusi, said on Wednesday, that the smoke originated in the cargo section of the aircraft and got into the cabin through the air-conditioning system. He said the pilot, […]

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