Two Air Peace Airplanes Grounded After Accidentally Making Contact on Ramp at Lagos Airport
Two Air Peace Airplanes Grounded After Accidentally Making Contact on Ramp at Lagos Airport
Another tragedy was averted at the Lagos airport on Thursday as an
aircraft, a Boeing 737 which was being towed on the ramp for departure
contacted the stabilizer of another aircraft.
Air Peace
Two Air Peace aircraft were grounded at Murtala Muhammed Airport in
Lagos on Thursday morning after the two jets made contact on the
departure ramp, SaharaReporters reports.
One of the aircraft, a Boeing 737 with the registration mark
5N-BQR, was being towed on the ramp for departure, but in the process,
it contacted the stabilizer of another Air Peace B737 aircraft with the
registration mark 5N-BQP.
A statement released by the spokesman of the airline, Chris Iwarah,
confirmed the incident, blaming it on the limited space on the ramp.
He stated that the incident occurred at 6:15 a.m.
“The points of contact of the two aircraft were only slightly
impacted, but we took the cautious decision to declare them
unserviceable to enable a proper investigation of the incident,” Mr. Iwarah said.
“There were no passengers on the two aircraft involved in the
incident. We have also revised our flight schedule to cater to our
esteemed guests on the 14 sectors the two aircraft were scheduled to
service today. At the moment, everything is working according to plan
and our engineers have already begun repair of the aircraft.”
Further investigation indicated that the Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority (NCAA) has commenced investigation into the incident while the
Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has also been notified.