- Airline Blames Bad Weather
A United Nigeria Airlines flight that left Lagos to Abuja on Sunday, mysteriously landed in Asaba, Delta State to the shock of passengers and the airline pilot that had earlier confidently announced “welcome to Asaba.”
Among the passengers in the airline that traveled the wrong destination is Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in the March 18 governorship election in Kano.
He posted on X, “Nigeria my country. We departed Lagos about an hour ago on @flyunitedng to Abuja, and upon arrival, the cabin crew confidently announced that we’ve arrived Abuja, only for us to realize that we landed in Asaba. Apparently, our pilot was given wrong flight plan from Lagos.”
But the United Nigeria Airlines later issued a statement claiming it was a flight diversion due to bad weather and not an error.
But Tanko, in another post, faulted the airline, saying the pilot notified them that he received the wrong flight plan, the reason they landed in Asaba.
He said: “Either the pilot misinformed us, or they’re doing damage control. But when we landed in Asaba, he (pilot) announced that he received the wrong flight plan.”
SOURCE: The Niche, except headline.
