Photos: Fatal Aircrash Averted As Airplane Makes Emergency Landing In MMIA Lagos

A Qatar Airways flight from Doha safely made an emergency landing in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos after encountering a problem with one of its tyres, the civil aviation body said.

"The plane has landed safely," said Harold Demuren, the head of Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority. "We lost one of the tyres."

The aircraft landed at the cargo terminal of Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Saturday and was then towed to an area where passengers were able to disembark, officials said.



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Qatar Airways flight QR592 was travelling the regular Doha-Lagos route and reported the tyre problem to Nigerian airport authorities, said Demuren, who identified the aircraft as an Airbus A330.

He said no passengers were injured during the emergency landing and that one of the plane's tyres had to be replaced. A mechanic at the airport said one of the plane's left tyres was flat.

Three passengers who were on board said that the crew had made no announcements about a mechanical problem during the flight.

"They landed safely. There was no problem. I didn't notice any other thing," said Raphael Ashala, 30, a Nigerian who was on his way back from a Doha business trip.

Emergency vehicles including fire trucks were on hand for the landing, the AFP news agency reported.



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The airline's online tracker said the flight arrived in Lagos at 2:29pm (13:29 GMT), but the plane touched down at least 30 minutes before that.

The website made no mention of any incidents during the journey, saying only that flight QR592 had "arrived".

In June, a McDonnell Douglas-83 operated by Dana Air plunged into a neighbourhood near Lagos airport after reportedly suffering double engine failure. The crash killed all 153 passenger and crew as well as at least six people on the ground.

Posted: at 30-09-2012 01:16 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

NA THE VULGANIZER FOR QATAR AIRWAYS WEH NO FIX THE TYRES WELL!!!!

Posted: at 30-09-2012 03:23 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

Thank GOD they landed safely.

Posted: at 30-09-2012 05:19 AM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Chineke, God,Olorun,Abassi,Ubangiji oooooooooooooo,   even Qatar wey dey charge high fare no fit pump TYRES? why dem no fit employ Naija's road side vulcanizers?

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Posted: at 30-09-2012 06:38 AM (12 years ago) | Hero

Pilots are trained to handle cases of Tyres wit low pressure. This is textbook procedure. The crew only let the control unit know about the situation so i guess d airport took precautionary measures by deployin its emergency unit. But anyways all i'm sayin is as long as d pilots didn't declare an emergency, the authorities shouldn't take it as an emergency landing. It was a perfect one. Period!

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Posted: at 30-09-2012 07:17 AM (12 years ago) | Hero

wetin you hia?

Posted: at 30-09-2012 07:40 AM (12 years ago) | Grande Master

 

Posted: at 30-09-2012 07:58 AM (12 years ago) | Grande Master

GOD and not god , pls

Posted: at 30-09-2012 08:18 AM (12 years ago) | Grande Master

THANK GOD

Posted: at 30-09-2012 09:12 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Are you a professional pilot or a trainee?  I think you are right ooo.

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Posted: at 30-09-2012 12:52 PM (12 years ago) | Hero