Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, the
Majority Leader of Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Igbuya, and
other government officials, Tuesday, escaped death as what could have
turned out to be an air mishap was avoided by Arik Pilot of Flight W 3788 conveying over 100 passengers from Lagos to Asaba.
The flight, which was supposed to
take off at 8:30 am was delayed in Lagos on account of bad weather.
Though travellers had boarded the flight, after about two hours inside
the plane, they were asked to go back to the departure lounge as the
plane could not take off on account of what the pilot described as
“terribly bad weather at Asaba.”
After about three hours, the flight was
boarded again because weather reports showed improvement within the
internationally accepted landing standards. By the time it was boarded
again, many people who saw the situation as warning from providence
cancelled their trips.
On getting to Asaba, the weather
became bad again while attempt at landing was difficult. The pilot, who
did not want to take chances promptly returned to Lagos. On reaching
Lagos, however, the weather there had already gone very bad by aviation
standard.
The plane had to circle around for
hours amidst dwindling aviation fuel. It finally landed at 4:45 pm
amidst signs of relief from traumatised passengers who clapped in
jubilation. The pilot, Captain Sandy Miller, merely told passengers to
thank their God for His mercies when they got home.
Speaking to aviation correspondents
at the Domestic Wing of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Governor Obi, who
travelled to South-Africa on Sunday and came back, yesterday, to Lagos
said he was determined to make the flight to Asaba en route Awka because
he did not like staying outside Awka more days than necessary.
On whether he was frightened, the
governor laughed and said that nothing again should be frightening to a
person that governs a state like Anambra. Moreover, he said, he was
always at peace with his God and fellow human beings and couldn’t worry
over the vicissitudes of life.Vanguard
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