Passengers disembark as Air Peace aircraft tyre bursts at Ilorin Airport

Sixty-six passengers and six crew onboard an Air Peace aircraft from Abuja were said to have “disembarked safely” when one of the plane’s tyres blew off after landing at the Ilorin Airport in Kwara State.

It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday at 10:30am while the B737-500 aircraft with registration number 5N-BQR was taxiing to the parking bay at the airport.

No one was reportedly injured during the incident and no life was lost.

Spokesperson for Air Peace, Stanley Olise, confirmed this to The PUNCH in a telephone chat on Saturday, adding that “as we speak, the tyre has been fixed and the aircraft has been moved from the runway.”

“Our officials reported the incident to the authorities as statutorily required,” he added.

In a follow-up statement, the airline debunked reports (not by The PUNCH) that its plane crashed at the airport.

“Our aircraft neither crashed nor crash-landed in Ilorin or in any place for that matter,” the statement partly read, adding that “Air Peace is committed to providing peaceful connectivity across cities and relentlessly observes the highest standards of safety in its operations.”

Also, the Accident Investigation Bureau, the investigating body in charge of all aviation-related accidents and incidents in Nigeria, confirmed that the incident occurred but said there was no plane crash.

AIB General Manager, Public Affairs, Tunji Oketumbi, told The PUNCH that investigators evaluated the incident and won’t be investigating it.

When asked, the AIB spokesman said, “Yes. It happened yesterday. AIB Safety investigators did an evaluation of the occurrence and decided not to investigate. The aeroplane has been released to the operator (Airpeace). The delay in opening the airport is down to the recovery of the aeroplane from the runway by FAAN (Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria) and Airpeace. The aeroplane had a burst tyre on landing.”

Recall that the tyre of an Air Peace aircraft also blew off at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja in January 2019 while it was taxiing for take-off on the runway.

The incident sent the passengers on Boeing 737 aircraft, who were heading to Benin from Abuja, into panic mode but no life was lost and no one was injured.

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To God be the glory no life lost

Olorun nikan loye

The aircraft's maintenance crew has a lot of questions to answer...


All other aircraft's should be grounded immediately till investigation are properly conducted.

Thank you JESUS. Alhamudu* * Stone Satan

Odikwa very risky.

Thank God no life was lost.

Lol, so ilorin sef get "international airport"

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Kogi get hope

Scary

A popular politician will die this year.

An aircraft will narrowly escape crashing.

There will be more reports of collapsed buildings in this remaining half of the year.

Killings will increase.

Buhari's health will get worse and the presidency will hide it from Nigerians.

Team Nigeria in the Olympics will perform badly.

This I have seen.

Saw it on twitter few hours ago, hope no casualty

Air Peace is committed to providing bla bla bla.. Bullshît. Yall are only committed to delaying flights.


The next time i board any of your aircrafts and your pilot glides without taking permission from elders, una go hear ween.


Ok..i'm just joking.

Kai

I see it I saw

It shall be well

Why on God's green earth will ilorin have an international airport before some other productive and industrial states?

Anyway thank God it was just a minor situation,

But still ilorin neva reach to get airport let alone International

Thank God

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God I thank you for safety of the passengers onboard ,but the safest place to be is to board into the plane of eternal life ,the Lord Jesus Christ ,with him in you and you in him ,you are eternally safe from the power of Satan

Everything about naija get as e be.

Noted

Let this not become a regular occurrence with them o!

Thank God nothing else happened.

The passengers should come out of the airport and enter sooleee. My soooleee bus just pass there now.

Thank God no life was lost.

I hope say vulcanizer dey very close ? By the way extra tyre go now ?

It's well