A Kano-bound IRS Airlines plane
departing the Lagos airport on Wednesday morning collided with an
abandoned truck beside the taxiway, forcing the pilot to
cancel the
flight.
The wing of the Fokker-100 aircraft, it was learnt, collided with the truck which fell into a drainage on Tuesday.
The truck belongs to a Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria contractor.
The 91 passengers on board the flight were later disembarked and put in another plane which left for Kano three hours later.
A statement by the Managing Director of IRS, Mr. Yemi Dada, confirmed the incident.
The statement quoted Dada as saying
“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.”
He added, “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.”
A FAAN statement also confirmed the incident.
Culled- Punch
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This is a sad incident....but thank God nobody was hurt.
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