Oluwanifemi Ojo
The Max Air aeroplane, carrying passengers from Adamawa State, reportedly made a crash-landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday, causing panic among the people.
According to the report, the airplane crash-landed after the tire caught fire which caused chaos and commotion at the airport.
The Aerodrome Rescue and Fire-fighting Service personnel at the airport quickly responded to the emergency and extinguished the fire.
A former President of the Nigeria Medical Association, Dr Mike Ogirima, said that the tire burst into flames after takeoff at Yola Airport.
Despite the tire issue, the plane landed safely in Abuja, with emergency officials already on the ground to put off the fire before the passengers disembarked from the runway.
Dr. Ogirima expressed his gratitude and said, “We thank God. We are still on the runway, and the pilot has reassured us. He has called for the stairs, and we are now disembarking from the runway to be evacuated to the airport building at the arrival hall.
“We bless God because we have witnessed the pull out of the tire right from the airport in Yola, and we went into a prayer session. I never announced it as a surgeon so as not to cause any panic, but we bless God.”
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