BREAKING: Qatar Airways Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Lagos Over Oxygen System Fault
The plane, registered A7-BCL, declared an emergency at 6.05pm, in accordance with airport authorities.
A Qatar Airways plane made an emergency touchdown on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Voice, on Friday evening after the crew reported a technical fault in the onboard oxygen machine, SaharaReporters has learnt.
The plane, registered A7-BCL, declared an emergency at 6.05pm, in accordance with airport authorities.
SaharaReporters additional learnt that the pilots knowledgeable “air traffic control of an oxygen system fault that required immediate attention, prompting the emergency landing protocol.”
The plane touched down safely at 6.31pm.
Following the touchdown, the plane taxied from the runway at 7.35 hours and used to be directed to Delta 35 start bay for passenger disembarkation.
Authorities confirmed that passengers were safely eradicated from the plane after a thorough technical inspection by Qatar Airways operations and safety personnel.
The emergency caused a swift mobilisation of response groups, including the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Fire Provider, the Airport Rescue and Fire Combating Services and products (ARFFS), FAAN Medical Services and products, and the FAAN Security Division.
Further make stronger came from the Lagos Voice Fire Provider and the Port Smartly being Services and products, making sure each technical and medical contingencies were in arrangement.
Qatar Airways workers on the bottom collaborated closely with airport authorities to oversee the scenario and provide on the spot aid to passengers. Officials well-known that the plane would endure additional technical evaluate earlier than returning to service.
Though unprecedented, oxygen machine faults are amongst the uncommon technical disorders that can residence off emergency landings. Aviation safety protocols prioritize passenger wellbeing, and crews are knowledgeable to acknowledge rapidly to such scenarios.
Right here is coming just a few weeks after a Cessna 172 plane with registration number 5N-ASR, operated by Skypower Specific, crashed at any other Nigerian airport, Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo Voice.
The plane had departed Kaduna International Airport en path to Port Harcourt International Airport on December 16 earlier than diverting to Owerri after the crew declared an emergency.
The wreck took place at about 8:00 pm on the airport premises, with four passengers and crew participants onboard.
Also on December 14, an plane operated by the Flybird Aircraft Administration Services and products Ltd crashed-landed on the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano Voice.
