No fewer than 550 pilgrims from Niger State who performed this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia on Saturday escaped death at the Minna International Airport as the Max Airline plane conveying them back ...
No fewer than 550 pilgrims from Niger State who performed this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia on Saturday escaped death at the Minna International Airport as the Max Airline plane conveying them back to Nigeria skidded off the runway.
He said that the aircraft, a Boeing 744 with registration number 5N/DBK, developed a technical fault which resulted in its forced landing.He said part of the tarmac and facilities at the airport were also damaged by the aircraft as a result of the accident. “Nobody died, but I have never seen this type of thing in my life, only God saved them from a terrible disaster.
Hajiya Hassana Isah, Public Relations Officer of the state Pilgrims Welfare Board, confirmed the incident to journalists but did not give details.
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