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.

Isiaka Yusuf     Hamidu Olowo     Police Commissioner     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     YAKOOYO     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Emir Of Shonga     Opobiyi     Dorcas Afeniforo     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Senate     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Ajia-Bako     Muhammad Yahya     NFAI     Issa Manzuma     Quareeb     Ilorin Metro Park     Ahmad Ali     Olatunji Ayeni     Michael Nzwekwe     Tsaragi/Share     N-Power     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     TESCOM     First Lady     Wahab Agbaje     Kanu Agabi     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Sobi     Osi     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Gbenga Awoyale     National Broadcasting Commission     General Hospital, Ilorin     Akanji     Okasanmi Ajayi     Moro     Ile Arugbo     Ayo Adeyemi     Kwara Politics     Moshood Bakare     CCEPE     Adeniyi Ojo     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Government High School Adeta     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Ibrahim Abiodun     Ayinke Saka     Nigeria Customs Service     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Okala Baba     Isiaka Gold     Irepodun     KWATMA     Lafiagi     2017 Budget     Kwara University Of Education     Centre For Digital Economy     Fola Consultant     Valsolar     Saidu Isa     Face Masks     Raliat Islamic Foundation     AIT Ilorin     NULGE     Ishaq Oloyede     Amos Sayo     Olupako Of Share     IsDB     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Muhammadu Buhari     Saka Saadu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Wahab Egbewole     Oko Erin     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Atiku Abubakar     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Ita-Ore     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Oba Of Jebba     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Sidikat Akaje     Musibau Akanji     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     LABTOP     Young Progressives Party     Farouk Salim     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Tunde Oyawoye     Abdulrazaq Akorede     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Obuh     Ayobami Akanbi     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Yahya Mohammed     Iqra Books     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Women Radio     SSUCOEN     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Idofin     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Kwara Central     Afonja Descendants Union     Jani Ibrahim     Oba Abu     Okanlawon Taiwo     Wahab Agbaje     Muritala Awodun     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Christopher Odetunde     Owu Fall     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Bankole Omishore     Eleja     Tunde Saad     Kwarareports.com     Lawal Jimoh     Lanre Olosunde     Arca Santa     Moshood Mustapha     CUTI     Police Commissioner     Aliyu Adebayo     Solomon Edoja     Wahab Issa     Millennium Development Goals     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Nigerian Medical Association     Risikat Lawal     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Shola Odetundun     Kwara State Football Association     First Lady     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Unilorin FM     Bluenile Associates     Niyi Ogundiran     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Baruten     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory