Two pilots escape death as IAC Trainee aircraft crashlands in Ilorin

Date: 2019-05-03

Residents of Ilorin community area of Ilorin International Airport are now living in palpable fear following a trainee aircraft belonging to International Aviation College (IAC) which crashed landed late yesterday afternoon at the airport runway.

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed who was said to be returning from his Abuja trip was also delayed yesterday for about three hours before arriving at the airport with his wife, Deaconess Omolewa Ahmed.

The Governor who had his convoyed stationed at the airport around 2:22pm waiting for his arrival from Abuja Airport had to wait until the airspace was reopened and the Governor's chartered aircraft landed the airport at exactly 5:35pm.

Also, Arik Air one of the commercial airlines at the airport landed at 5:45pm yesterday.

Vanguard reliably gathered that, the incident which happened on that fateful day saw the Diamond plane with registration No.5N BNH with two pilots onboard crashed landed though without any casualty.

It was gathered that, the plane was said to be experiencing a serious unexpected technical faults but that the pilot of the plane did not notice on time.

Sources close to the Aviation College told journalists on Thursday that, the ugly development had caused the back tyres of the aircraft to pull out when the pilot was trying to land on the runway

Vanguard however gathered that the development led the aircraft to crash landed unexpectedly.

A visit of our correspondent to the airport yesterday showed the staff of IAC including the rector and some of airport workers trying to evacuate the aircraft from the runway so that the airspace can be reopened for flight operations.

The damaged aircraft was later towed with a vehicle to the Aviation college before the airspace was reopened around 4:00pm for flight operations.

Contacted yesterday on the incident,. the rector of the Aviation College, Engineer Benedict Adeyileke refused to make comment at the time of filing this report.

Also, a telephone call to the Airspace Manager of Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) at the airport, Engineer Balogun Abiodun to speak on the incident did not yield positive result saying "I am not authorise to make any comment on the incident being a civil servant".

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Code Of Conduct Bureau     Ilorin.Info     Alaro     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     COVID     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Dele Momodu     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Col. Adedipe     Tunji Folami     Saidu Kawu     Madawaki     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Omoniyi Ayinla     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Nurudeen Muhammed     Oniye     UTME     Olabanji Orilonishe     Yahaya Dumoye     Kamaldeen Gambari     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Jelili Yusuf     UNIFEMGA     Ita-Ore     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Ishola Moses Abiodun     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Harmony Holdings     Turaki     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     SWAN     Moshood Bakare     Awili Pedro     Adegoke Bamidele     Lawal Jimoh     Cassava Growers\' Association     The Herald     Okiki     Yaman     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Muhammadu Buhari     Shero     Galland Marcias     Lawan     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Public Holiday     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Kawu Baraje     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Joseph Offorjama     Dan-Kazeem     Bello Oyebanji     Bamikole Omishore     Democracy Day     Lithium Deposit     Simon Sayomi     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Kubra Kazum     Yinka Aluko     Farouk Salim     Age AbdulKareem     Pilgrims Board     Usman Alkali Baba     Sherif Shagaya     Monkey Pox     Gbugbu     Amoyo     Matthew Okedare     Olupako     Flights To Ilorin     Aliyu Sabi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Ahman Pategi     Alabe     Post Utme     Asa     Saka Adeyemo     Reuben Paraje     April 11     Ibrahim Gambari     Omotoso     Third Estate     07039448763     Najim Yaasin     Ayodele Shittu     JSSCE     Tunji Oyawoye     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Magaji Are     Saliu Ajia     PPS     Zara Umar     Oloje     Olupako     Mutawalle     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Iqra Books     Sherif Sagaya     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Hajj     Lanwa     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Rex Olawoye     Solomon Edoja     Sabitiyu Grillo     Raymond Olaitan     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Jide Oyinloye     Bilikisu Gambari     Wahab Agbaje     Women For Change And Development Initiative     KWASIEC     Dairo Kunle Paul     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Iyaloja-General     Umar Saro     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Ilorin Emirate     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Oloye     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Kuliyan Geri     Bahago     Kwara State University Of Education     Medview Airlines     Abubakar B.M     Ita-Ore     Folaranmi Aro     Agor Market     IHS     SWAN     SAPZ Project     Owu Fall     Kolo     Abegunde Goke     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Wahab Isa     Yomi Ogunsola     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     GGDSS Pakata