Lagos – A herd of
cattle strayed onto the runway of Akure Airport this morning, preventing an Air
Peace flight from Lagos from landing.
Air Peace
The Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has apologised to Air Peace Airlines and its
passengers for the incident.
FAAN issued the
apology in a statement signed by its General Manager, Corporate Affairs , Mrs
Henrietta Yakubu in Lagos on Saturday.
Yakubu said the Air
Peace flight, which left Lagos for Akure could not land immediately as some
cows strayed onto the runway of the airport.
She said :”However,
normalcy was restored quickly, as officers of the aviation security department
quickly dispersed the cows from the runway and the aircraft was cleared for
landing.
“The authority will
like to assure travellers and the general public that efforts are already
ongoing to close the gap that aided this incident.
The Corporate
Communications Manager of Air Peace, Mr Chris Iwarah , also confirmed the
incident in a statement issued on Saturday.
Iwarah said: “Flight
P4 7002 from Lagos had to delay landing into Akure Airport on Saturday when the
pilot-in-command sighted cows on the runway at about 12.15pm.
“On being alerted by
control tower, aviation security personnel of the FAAN (FAAN AVSEC) quickly
intervened and cleared the runway.
“The flight was
eventually cleared to land after about seven minutes. Our guests on board were
all calm while the delay lasted.”
He said the aircraft
departed for Lagos at about 1.06pm with full escort from FAAN security
personnel. (NAN)
