An Air Peace flight from Abuja to Lagos scheduled for 6:30 am today was stopped forcefully, resulting in panic and screams by some passengers.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the incident occurred at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Thursday while the Air Peace aircraft was taxing on the runway just before takeoff.
Nigerian human rights lawyer and activist, Inibehe Effiong, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that the captain attributed it to a bird strike.
Effiong, however, questioned whether there is a bird detection radar tracking technology at the domestic wing of the airport, while stressing that the incident “would have been scarier”.
Effiong wrote: “While taxing on the runway and just before takeoff, our Air Peace flight from Abuja to Lagos scheduled for 6:30 AM today was stopped forcefully, resulting in panic and screams by some passengers.
“The captain attributed the incident to a bird strike. We have been deboarded to await either a replacement or repair of the aircraft. Thankfully, whatever happened did not occur after takeoff. It would have been scarier.
“I am wondering whether there is a bird detection radar tracking technology at the domestic wing of the Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport”.