Another air plane disaster was averted on Sunday as an IRS plane transporting about 99 people from Lagos made an emergency landing at the Kaduna Airport due to hydraulics leakage.
The incident happened 10 days after 15 people were killed in an Associated Airlines plane crash in Lagos and nine days after a Kabo Airlines Boeing 747 aircraft also made an emergency landing in Sokoto Airport, Sokoto.
The NCAA released a statement afterwards.....
“An aircraft Fokker 100 with registration number 5N-HIR operated by IRS Airlines landed safely following a hydraulic leakage on the runway of Kaduna Airport today (Sunday). The NCAA directed the airline to tow the aircraft to the apron. The Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau has commenced investigation into the incident.”
Akinkuotu, however, assured air travellers of their safety and cautioned against magnifying a manageable incident.
The Managing Director, IRS, Mr. Yemi Dada, in an email statement to journalists, said the aircraft developed the fault on final approach to the Kaduna airport.
According to him, the cockpit crew got a warning from the aircraft system that the plane had low hydraulic, and decided to take a precautionary measure by asking for ground confirmation from the control tower at the Kaduna airport that all the landing gears were down and locked.
Dada stated that the aircraft landed normally after the control tower had confirmed that the gears were all down and locked.
He said, “The crew proceeded to land, but followed procedure to disembark on the runway and not taxi in accordance with the procedure. All passengers disembarked normally and the aircraft was towed to ramp. The maintenance crew inspected to confirm the issue that caused the warning on the aircraft cockpit to the crew.”
IRS currently operates one aircraft, as its remaining planes are routine checks overseas
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