Aviation

Moroccan aircraft makes emergency return to Lagos airport

 

A Royal Air Maroc flight with registration number CN-RNQ returned to
the Lagos airport Sunday morning after the pilot discovered that the
cargo door light flickered.
It was gathered that the pilot flying the B737-700 belonging to the
airline immediately alerted the control tower after the discovery,
requesting to return back to the apron at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos.
The incident occurred at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
Henrietta Yakubu, the spokesperson of the Federal Airport Authority of
Nigeria, said that officers of the aviation security swiftly escorted
the aircraft and returned it back to the apron.
Upon reaching the apron, all concerned officers of FAAN and other
agencies were on the ground for a thorough inspection, she added.
“In line with standard and recommended practices, all parties
concerned supervised the offloading and the re-screening of all the
luggage belonging to all passengers onboard the aircraft,” Yakubu
said.
FAAN added that all the luggage belonging to the passengers were
intact as certified by the team on the ground before the flight
eventually took-off at 10.06 Sunday morning.
Royal Air Maroc, more commonly known as RAM, is the Moroccan national
carrier. It is also the country’s largest airline.

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