Tragedy was averted on Sunday morning when an IRS Fokker 100 aircraft, with 89 passengers on board, crash-landed on Sunday morning at the Kaduna International Airport, Kaduna. There were no casualties.
This development comes ten days after an Associated Aviation aircraft, 5N-BJY, a chartered flight, crashed around 9:30 am, shortly after taking off from the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport due to engine failure. Thirteen of the 20 passengers died.
The accident was followed in days by two near accidents, one conveying pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. The incidents have rekindled public concerns about aviation safety in Nigeria, with many expressing fears about a repeat of the multiple air plane crashes that the nation witnessed in 2005 and 2006.
The IRS plane took off from the Murtala Muhammad Airport in Lagos by 8 am, en route Kaduna and crashed around 9:30am. The aircraft’s hydraulic system reportedly developed a fault, resulting in the inability of the pilot to use the tyres on landing.
Reacting to the incident, the Managing Director of IRS, Yemi Dada, said: “On final approach to Kaduna today, on our flight 3390 with 89 passengers, our cockpit crew got a low hydraulic in system 1 warning and decided to take precautionary measures to ask for ground confirmation that all gears were down and locked and the aircraft landed normally after the control tower had confirmed that the gears were all down normally. 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 are inspecting to confirm the issue that caused the warning to the crew.
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