These planes are usually fitted with equipment to aid them landing just using instruments. That said, it must have been startling for the pilot to lose the light while landing so well done to him and his crew for not panicking but keeping his concentration and getting his passengers down safely.

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Scary shame !! SMH

I am not suprise. GEJ govt is full of darkness.

@dejust

Sunrise in Abuja in the last few days is at about 6,52 am. The plane was landing an hour before sunris. At home one requires additional light for tasks such as preparing early breakfast. I don't know about planes and their light requirements. The plane landed , obviously that amount of illumination was okay.

27naira:

@OP

Na today?

The last time i came into the country, shei they cut power supply while we were waiting for our luggage. I nearly stripped nake.d. Naija na serious case-study.

lol @ nearly stripping nake.d !! don't let those Custom people/airport staff come running to you with blankets to cover you,they will only suffocate you 

Several months ago, an arik flight took off from benin to lagos in darkness and benin airport doesn't have night lights, granted that taking off is alot more easier than landing especially when the pilot is familiar with the airport, he would know how long to taxi before taking off.

With proper guidance from the control tower and the aid of the on board instrumnents, its possible to land an air craft in pitch darkness but my question is how come the airport authorities don't have a system that connects the run way lights to a ups in case the Generator fails?

Thespecialone:

With proper guidance from the control tower and the aid of the on board instrumnents, its possible to land an air craft in pitch darkness but my question is how come the airport authorities don't have a system that connects the run way lights to a ups in case the Generator fails?

Common on you! Do you know the watts required by runway lights to have connected to a UPS would be a futile effort!

Omo_Tier1:

Common on you! Do you know the watts required by runway lights to have connected to a UPS would be a futile effort!

Hey Omo_Tier1 how are you doing

Na today, Its not new na, it just part of our culture

Freesia:

Hey Omo_Tier1 how are you doing

'm doing great, enoying me tea with the snow , hw r u doing?, ving a fun weekend then?

Welcome to Nigeria!!!

Shame shame shame,cry cry cry, my beloved fatherland.Erratic power supply is not a new occurence in Nigeria,and I would have believe or hope that successive Ministers or Presidents take a definite stand in addressing the situation.But nay,it is getting so bad that vital facilities in the country are experiencing the same national problem.Even the alternate power supply, the generator, could not be maintained efficient enough for this occurence to stop!!!!!!

And is this supposed to be a breaking news or what? we the poor masses have been putting up whit this sheet for over 50years now, dem ministers should better get used to it btw president jonathan is supposed to be personally in charge of electricity matters, or thats what he promised when he was newly innaugurated.

Omo_Tier1:

'm doing great, enoying me tea with the snow  , hw r u doing?, ving a fun weekend then?

hahaha you admit you aving tea? I can see the snow has brought a stop to things Again !!gotta say I kinda miss Manchy/Jand during the snow storm,No work,Nah stayed in this weekend

When will naija ever experience constant power supply...shame shame shame..... .complete