A Qatar Airways flight en route from Doha is to make an emergency landing at the Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos after encountering problems with its tyres, an airport official said.
“They had a problem with their tyres,” Harold Demuren, head of Nigeria’s civil aviation authority, told AFP of the passenger plane. “We are ready for them,” he said, adding that emergency personnel had been put on standby.
The airline’s website showed flight QR592, which Demuren said was an Airbus A330, was due to land in Lagos at around 1:00 pm local time (1200 GMT).
It was flying the regular Doha-Lagos route, but had reported the problem to Nigerian airport authorities, Demuren said.- AFP
UPDATE: After Hovering in the air for an hour, the flight has landed successfully, NO INJURIES!
Nigerian gospel singer Asu Ekiye has explained the circumstances surrounding his failed marriage, saying he…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Oyewole…
Former world champion boxer Zolani Tete has been shot dead outside his home in South…
Nigerian businessman Obi Cubana has gifted popular pastor and televangelist Jerry Eze a mansion worth…
A fire has destroyed parts of the popular SPAR shopping mall in Calabar, the Cross…
The Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy and Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT)…