BREAKING: Air Peace Plane Escapes Accident As Cows Take Over Akure Airport Runway



Several air passengers escaped death in Akure, Ondo State today, as cows took over the runway of the Akure Airport and prevented an Air Peace plane from landing.



It took the combined efforts of the airport security men other aviation staff to clear the runway of the cows before the aircraft registration number 5NBQQ to land more than 20 minutes after.

The pilot, Captain Williams Inyang was said to have contemplated a return to Lagos when it was taking longer than necessary for the runway to be cleared by the airport security.

Palpable fear had enveloped the passengers, who initially thought the pilot deliberately aborted landing, while the pilot had to hover close to 20 minutes.



Today was not the first time a major airport runway was invaded by cows. The Port Harcourt International Airport runway was sometime ago invaded by cows and an approaching Air France plane collided with some of the cows. The expertise of the pilot saved what would have been a tragic incident as the plane was only slightly damaged with passengers suffering shock.

Also, on November 10, 2016, a fully-loaded plane of Air Peace had to abort landing at Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, when the pilot discovered that the runway had been invaded by cows.




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Cows at airport: Fayose hails Air Peace pilot for saving passengers’s lives

The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has hailed Air Peace pilot for saving the lives of passengers when cows taking over the Airport runway in Akure on Saturday. Fayose The Governor on his Twitter handle said that he witnessed cows taking over the airport runway and preventing aircraft No. 5NBQQ from landing for more than 15 minutes and thanks to Capt Inyang for saving the lives of the passengers. ‘Today, while at the Akure Airport to board Air Peace commercial flight to Lagos, I witnessed cows taking over the Airport runway and preventing Aircraft No. 5NBQQ from landing for more than 15 minutes. Thanks to Capt Inyang for saving the lives of the passengers. He said

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/cows-airport-fayose-hails-air-peace-pilot-saving-passengerss-lives/

Hmmm

This Fulani herdsmen menace has gotten out of hand. They are for a mission, but that mission will surely backfire on them

Welcom to animal kingdom, its d season of d cows

Zootropia republic where cows are considered supreme by the leadership. Airport don turn cattle colonies abi?

This would have been a major tragedy. Thank God for preservation

Cows at airport: Fayose hails Air Peace pilot for saving passengers’s lives

Cows at airport: Fayose hails Air Peace pilot for saving passengers’s lives

The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has hailed Air Peace pilot for saving the lives of passengers when cows taking over the Airport runway in Akure on Saturday. Fayose The Governor on his Twitter handle said that he witnessed cows taking over the airport runway and preventing aircraft No. 5NBQQ from landing for more than 15 minutes and thanks to Capt Inyang for saving the lives of the passengers. ‘Today, while at the Akure Airport to board Air Peace commercial flight to Lagos, I witnessed cows taking over the Airport runway and preventing Aircraft No. 5NBQQ from landing for more than 15 minutes. Thanks to Capt Inyang for saving the lives of the passengers. He said

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/cows-airport-fayose-hails-air-peace-pilot-saving-passengerss-lives/

The country is a zoo. So anything is expected. The pilot is lucky he didn't harm any cow. He would have witnessed the wrath of the presidency.

NwaAmaikpe, what do you have to say