Former Oyo State Governor Rasheed Ladoja, some serving Senators, members of the National Conference who were returning to Abuja yesterday were among those onboard an Overland aircraft with registration Number 5NBPE that had to make a quick detour after the pilot noticed a crack on the windshield of the aircraft. The aircraft took off from Ibadan Airport in Oyo state and was heading to Abuja when the pilot noticed a cracked windshield as they entered into Minna, Niger state airspace. Continue...
As a precautive measure, he quickly made a detour to the Muritala Mohammed Airport Lagos to forestall any unfortunate incident.
The plane landed safely in Lagos and the passengers after several hours of waiting were conveyed into another plane which had returned from Enugu.
A statement released by Nigerian Airspace Management Authority confirmed the incident. The statement reads in part;
"There is no cause for alarm as the diversion was precautionary and this conforms with the basic safety norms of the industry,” NAMA declared
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