{"id":34481,"date":"2019-09-07T23:16:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T22:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=34481"},"modified":"2019-09-07T23:16:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T22:16:50","slug":"about-579-passengers-crew-members-in-close-shave-with-death-as-max-airplane-crashed-lands-in-niger-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/about-579-passengers-crew-members-in-close-shave-with-death-as-max-airplane-crashed-lands-in-niger-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"About 579 Passengers, Crew Members In Close Shave With Death, As Max Airplane Crashed Lands In Niger Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

…Airplane’s wing, engine seriously damaged, some passengers traumatized<\/p>\n

Olabode Adaramola<\/p>\n

No fewer than 579 pilgrims  from Niger State, including some aircrew who were returning from Pilgrimage after performing this year’s hajj operation  in Macca, in the Kingdom of  Saudi Arabia missed  death by the whiskers on Saturday at the Minna International airport when one of the Airplanes on the fleets of  Max airline that uplifted them  back to the country crashed landed on the tarmac of the airport, while landing on the runway.<\/p>\n

The incident was said to have occurred at about 4:55am when the airplane allegedly crashed landed on what was described as an human error on   the part of the  pilot  of the airplane while he was trying to land at the airport.<\/p>\n

It was   further learnt that the airplane had slipped to the left side while one of it’s engines was said to have touched the runway and scratched the runway, though unknown to the pilot who allegedly thought the had landed smoothly,   according to a source at the airport.<\/p>\n

Further checks revealed  that the aircraft a Boeing 744  marked  5N\/ DBK conveying about 579 pilgrims which included some crew members of the airline, following a technical fault which was said to have resulted  in its forceful landing a development that caused damage to one of the aircraft’s four engines.<\/p>\n

A source at the Minna, International Airport who spoke with our reporter on the condition of anonymity on Saturday  said some  parts of the runway was tourched and scratched by the airplane, a situation which was said to have been responsible for some damages to the body of the aircraft.<\/p>

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The source further disclosed that some Engineers from the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) had been dispatched to Minna International airport, from Abuja to check the extent of the damage done to the aircraft by the incidence, adding that the aircraft has been grounded.<\/p>\n

“It was a technical error from the pilot, because the pilot himself did not know that some damage has been done to both the aircraft and the runway until he alighted from the cockpit of the aircraft and his attention was called to it, ” said the very reliable source.<\/p>\n

He however stated that the airplane can still be ferried to Aminu Kano International Airport from Minna international airport by not flying at a very high altitude.<\/p>\n

In a related development, National Wires learnt  that  most of the passengers were in shock as on board the aircraft following a loud bang they allegedly heard while the aircraft was on air, after which the passengers were said to have quickly  rushed out of the airplane, as soon as it stabilised after landing on Saturday in Minna, the Niger State capital,<\/p>\n

An eye witness told our reporter that although no live was lost as a result of the incident, but about three passengers were said to have been traumatised as a result of their experience along sides other passengers on board the airplane.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer, Niger   state Pilgrims Welfare Board,  Hajiya Hassana Isah when contacted confirmed the story to our teporter in an interview by Telephone, she however  did not give further details.<\/p>\n

Speaking further, she said the development would not affect the return journey of the over 2, 000 pilgrims still in Saudi Arabia,while assuring   that the deadline for the return journey of the pilgrims to the country  would be met.<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No fewer than 579 pilgrims\u00a0 from Niger State, including some aircrew who were returning from Pilgrimage after performing this year’s hajj operation\u00a0 in Macca, in the Kingdom of\u00a0 Saudi Arabia missed\u00a0 death by the whiskers on Saturday at the Minna International airport when one of the Airplanes on the fleets of\u00a0 Max airline that uplifted them\u00a0 back to the country crashed landed on the tarmac of the airport, while landing on the runway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":34484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1593,17,4648,624],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-34481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-metro","category-news","category-op-ed","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nAbout 579 Passengers, Crew Members In Close Shave With Death, As Max Airplane Crashed Lands In Niger Airport - 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