It was gathered the team was scheduled to leave
Douala at 9am, for a 45-minute flight to Yaounde
but CAF could not secure seats for the players.
Florence Omagbemi’s ladies arrived at the
airport, along with their South African
counterparts who play Ghana’s Black Queens in
third-place match.
On getting to Douala airport, CAF officials could
not secure enough seats for the entire Nigerian
team on one plane and the remaining five were
checked in for another flight which eventually did
not fly.
The trip is four hours by road.
“The team experienced some delay at the airport,
but at the end, all the players and officials could
not travel together in one plane because it was a
small aircraft which could not accommodate both
Nigeria and the South African team at the same
time. As a result, five members of the team were
left behind,” a member of the team told the
Guardian.
“Those five people were later checked into
another plane, but just as they were preparing to
commence the journey to Yaoundé, smoke
started coming out from the plane due to
electrical problem and everybody was evacuated.
The five people had to embark on their journey
by road to Yaoundé.”
This incident is coming less than 24 hours players
of Brazilian club Chapecoense were involved in a
plane crash on their way to the Copa Sudemerica
final against Atletico Naconial match in Colombia.
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