There was panic on Saturday afternoon as a Qatar Airways plane
inbound Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos from Doha made an
emergency landing.
Reports said the plane lost a tyre midair while its landing gear also
developed a fault.
Aviation and National Emergency Management Agency officials swiftly
rushed to the runway of the airport to handle any emergency.
The plane eventually landed at the airport and after some anxious
moments, came to a halt.
The pilot of the Airbus A330-200 plane had sent a distress call to
air traffic controllers on duty at Lagos airport, telling them that one
his tyres was having low pressure.
The aircraft carrying 248 passengers touched down on runway 18R of
the airport at about 1:15pm and one of the tyres tore opened.
Source: www.punchng.com
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