Faulty British Airways Plane Takes Off from Abuja 24 Hours Later
Faulty British Airways Plane Takes Off from Abuja 24 Hours Later
The
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said the British Airways
plane, which developed technical problems on Monday morning in Abuja,
took off on Tuesday.
Yakubu Dati, the General Manager, Communication of FAAN, said that the plane took-off at about 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Mr.
Dati said that the problem occurred while the plane was about to
take-off from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to
London.
“They
had a technical problem while boarding yesterday. But as I am talking
to you now, it has been rectified,” he said. “Our own is to provide a
good airport, it is the responsibility of the airline to ensure that
their planes are in good condition.”
One
of the passengers aboard the flight, who pleaded anonymity, said the
plane with flight number 0082, which was scheduled to take-off at about
8.15 a.m., was rescheduled for 10 a.m., Tuesday.
“The
plane was schedule to take-off by 8.15 a.m. and was preparing for
take-off, when the right engine of the plane just stopped working and
then we heard a noise and later saw smoke from the engine.
“The
engineers tried to fix the engine, when they could not, the pilot
announced that all passengers should vacate the plane, before it was
towed back to apron.
“The flight was later
cancelled, we were booked into a hotel, the flight was rescheduled to
take off again by 10 a.m., but we could not until this afternoon when
they called us for re-boarding,’’ she said. 
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