Tragedy
was yesterday averted, at Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, when a fully-loaded plane
belonging to Air Peace had to abort landing, when the pilot discovered that the
runway had been invaded by cows.
According
to a report by vanguard, a passenger aboard the flight, Mr. Richard Akinnola,
who narrated the incident, said the pilot was forced to hover around the
airport until the runway was cleared by the airport security. The
panic-stricken passengers, who initially thought the pilot deliberately aborted
landing, applauded him on being told that a major disaster had been averted as
the landing runway had been taken over by cattle.
Recall
that this is not the first time a major airport runway was invaded by cows. The
Port Harcourt International Airport runway was sometime ago invaded by cows and
an approaching Air France plane collided with some of the cows. Left for the expertise
of the pilot, it would have been another terrible plane clash though the plane
was only slightly damaged with passengers suffering shock. The Federal
Government was saddled with the burden of repairing the damaged plane.
When
Contacted on the Sam Mbakwe Airport/Air Peace incident, the acting General
Manager, Public Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs
Henrrietta Yakubu, said she had not been briefed about the incident
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