In spite of its avowed commitment to infrastructural development at the nation's airports tragedy was averted as Lagos bound foreign flights were diverted..
In spite of its avowed commitment to infrastructural development at the nation’s airports tragedy was averted as Lagos bound foreign flights were diverted to nearby Ghana Airport due to weather condition and poor instrument landing systems at Murtala Mohammed International Airport .confirms that some of the foreign flight diverted included British Airways from London, Delta Airlines from USA and Emirates Airline from Dubai.
He pointed out that while some airlines touched down at Lagos airport successfully, their Boeing 747-400 aircraft from London could not land at MMIA, owing to the size of the aircraft and absence of good lighting equipment. He said they all maintained order and refused to quarrel or challenge the aircraft’s crew when their flight was diverted to Accra.He said: “It is not only British Airways that is affected but the Delta Airline, as well as Emirate Airline, were also diverted to Ghana. In our own case, we departed London Heathrow Airport at about 9:50am and expected to land at Lagos Airport by 5:25pm when we were diverted.
“It beats my imagination that a Nigerian airport cannot clear aircraft to land just because of harmattan, whereas countries with hazardous weather conditions like snow still clear aircraft for landing at their airports. This shows how corruption has eaten deep into various sectors of our economy, and also stunted even the development of critical facilities at our ‘acclaimed’ international airports.
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