Representational photo. |
A herd of cattle strayed onto the runway of Akure
Airport earlier Saturday, preventing an Air Peace flight from Lagos from
landing.
Vanguard reports that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has apologised to Air Peace Airlines and its passengers for the incident.
FAAN issued the apology in a statement signed by its
General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu in Lagos on Saturday.
Yakubu said the Air Peace
flight, which left Lagos for Akure could not land immediately as some cows
strayed onto the runway of the airport.
She said: ”However,
normalcy was restored quickly, as officers of the aviation security department
quickly dispersed the cows from the runway and the aircraft was cleared for
landing.
The Corporate
Communications Manager of Air Peace, Mr. Chris Iwarah, also confirmed the
incident in a statement issued on Saturday.
Iwarah said: “Flight P4
7002 from Lagos had to delay landing into Akure Airport on Saturday when the
pilot-in-command sighted cows on the runway at about 12.15pm.
“On being alerted by
control tower, aviation security personnel of the FAAN (FAAN AVSEC) quickly
intervened and cleared the runway.
“The flight was eventually
cleared to land after about seven minutes. Our guests on board were all calm
while the delay lasted.”
He said the aircraft
departed for Lagos at about 1.06pm with full escort from FAAN security
personnel.
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