Scores of passengers aboard a United States of America flag provider on the Lagos-Washington route had been left with completely different levels of damage when the plane they had been travelling in developed a technical fault inside Ivory Coast airspace and needed to make an emergency return again to the worldwide wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos.
Passengers have taken to the social media to relate their ordeals with one disclosing that related incidents had occurred twice within the spare of 1 week and referred to as on the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Improvement, Me. Festus Keyamo, to swing into motion.
The United Airways plane Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flight UA613 had 245 passengers, eight flight attendants and three pilots onboard the plane with each passengers and crew sustaining minor accidents, the airline confirmed.
The intense incident occurred whereas the plane was at a cruising altitude.
An unnamed passenger mentioned, “We had already been served our meals when the aircraft misplaced strain and dropped. We observed a pointy descent. I hit my head on the ceiling due to the influence. I grew to become unconscious, however one individual from the medical crew got here to take care of me in the course of the turmoil. The sharp descent occurred 3 times, inflicting some individuals to maintain accidents. We spent 4 hours on air. Within the midst of the turmoil, the pilot mentioned we had been going to land in Ghana, however we finally landed in Nigeria.”
The airline in an digital assertion famous that “Flight UA613 from Lagos to Washington D.C. returned to Lagos to deal with a technical difficulty. After touchdown safely, the plane was met by first responders to deal with reviews of minor accidents to a number of passengers and crew.”