Another major air disaster was averted Friday evening, as an Arik Airline flight going from Lagos to Abuja developed an engine problem mid-air.
Newsmakers exclusively gathered that signs that the flight would be eventful had emerged earlier following a three-hour delay, from 5pm to 8:20pm, after which the pilot announced that the aircraft had gone for maintenance due to technical issues.
Recounting his experience, a terrified passenger said: “After the delay, the aircraft was taxing down the runway, when the pilot turned around and parked. Then some engineers arrived in Arik’s operational Hilux vehicle to work on the aircraft for about 15minutes. The pilot then announced that there was a fault that appeared on the screen and it wasn’t a big deal. The flight eventually took off after the airline’s engineers were believed to have successfully fixed the fault.
“After flying for about 10 minutes, the aircraft malfunctioned. The engine was going on and off. And it was moving haphazardly. Then the white pilot, who called himself ‘the peoples’ pilot’, announced that there was problem and the aircraft had to make an emergency return to Lagos.”
When contacted, Arik Airline’s spokesman, Mr. Ola Adebanji, said, .............

http://www.newsmakersng.com/2016/12/09/tragedy-averted-as-arik-aircraft-develops-engine-problem-mid-air/

the protest video should have be a credible pointer to would be travellers using arik.

this arik guys need to double up. many companies managed by Nigerians are making me believe that we are poor at managing ANYTHING.

Bad journalism.


Nigerian journalists should stick to political news.