Former President,
Olusegun Obasanjo and 393 other passengers, escaped a plane crash in
Lagos.
According to reports, the former president was among the
passengers onboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane that found it difficult to land
at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The Ethiopian Airlines
aircraft, ET-901, had departed the Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, at
9:10am, Ethiopian time (7am Nigerian time). Five hours after flying, the plane
attempted to make a landing at the Lagos Airport but failed.
The rain and heavy wind obstructed the pilots vision. On
realising that landing might be difficult, the pilot who is said to have many
years experience, quickly manouvered the plane back on air, flying out of the
Lagos airport. After hovering around between Lagos and areas suspected to be in
Ogun, causing panic among passengers and crew members, the plane landed in
Lagos airport, some 20 minutes after the initial false landing.
The former president had gone to Ethiopia for a Stakeholders
Dialogue on Continental Trade and Strengthening Implementation of the African
Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in Ethiopia which ended yesterday
Tuesday, May 28th.
Many passengers came out of the plane thanking God for
sparing their lives.
