NNU Update
How flight engineer averted another potential air disaster -Joe Abah
Joe Abah, a former director-general of the Bureau of Public
Service Reforms (BPSR), has narrated how a ground engineer prevented another
potential air disaster in Nigeria.
In a series of posts via X, Abah said he boarded the Ibom
Air flight from Lagos to Abuja on Thursday morning.
He said as the aircraft prepared for take-off, there was a
bang on the door from outside, which made the flight attendant to open the
door.
“As she did, a ground engineer came in and those of us in
front clearly heard him say “You can’t go. Your landing gear is bad,” Abah
wrote.
He added that afterwards, the pilot made a “political”
“He (pilot) spoke with the engineer and, a few seconds
“I thank God that we have the systems in place to check this
Abah asked the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to I boarded a 7am @ibomairlines flight in Lagos this morning, heading to Abuja. My brother @seunonigbinde was on the same flight and we had chatted briefly about work. Aircraft door was shut, phones switched off, ready for takeoff.
As we were about to start taxiing, there was a…
— Dr Joe Abah, OON (@DrJoeAbah) April 25, 2024 Abah added that the incident caused disruptions and delays
I am beginning to see how flights get delayed now. Given the fault with our 7am Lagos to Abuja plane, another plan has come from Uyo to take us to Abuja. Ibom Air has just announced a 2 hour delay “for operational reasons” for people going from Lagos to Uyo at 9am. They are using… https://t.co/xIFzKjZ6P1
— Dr Joe Abah, OON (@DrJoeAbah) April 25, 2024 On Tuesday, a Dana Air plane veered off the Lagos airport
The airline has since been grounded by the NCAA.
announcement that they need to perform some additional checks on the aircraft before
take-off.
later, announced that we were to disembark,” Abah said.
and avert potential disaster. And that we have some diligent Nigerians who take
their work seriously.”
find him the engineer so that he can personally appreciate him.
to the airline’s schedule for the day.
runway, leading to the diversion of other flights.
