THE IGBO GIANT STRIDES AGAINST ALL ODDS
9 years ago
Imagine yourself 21,000 feet above the sea level and all of a sudden there was a bang at the rear end of the aircraft you were flying in. Soon afterwards it dawns on you the aircraft was left with only one engine running. What would you do?
That
was the reality that struck my younger brother, Shadrach Asogwa who was
aboard a Med-view aircraft on Sunday en route Yola from Lagos. Some
minutes after take-off, the
Boeing 737-400 plane with Pilot John and other crew members like Joy,
Jumoke etc developed a technical problem that left it with only one
functional engine
and thus forced the pilot of the Abuja-bound plane carrying 74
passengers to make an air
return.
The pandemonium that ensued thereafter was inexplicable. Following the initial bang, the air hostesses who were about serving snacks to their passengers knew something had gone terribly wrong but tried to conceal the extent of the danger to their suspiciously nervous passengers. But as the flight became unstable, commotion ensued with incantatory shouts for divine intervention. Some passengers were even said to have passed out.
The pandemonium that ensued thereafter was inexplicable. Following the initial bang, the air hostesses who were about serving snacks to their passengers knew something had gone terribly wrong but tried to conceal the extent of the danger to their suspiciously nervous passengers. But as the flight became unstable, commotion ensued with incantatory shouts for divine intervention. Some passengers were even said to have passed out.
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| On my flight with the same plane few weeks before its near disater involving my younger brother. |
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| After receiving our boarding pass, my younger brother and I boarded the shuttle bus that conveyed us to the plane few weeks before its near disaster involving my younger brother. |
Luckily for those on board, the pilot was able to manoeuvre “the aircraft back to Lagos where the passengers were, thereafter, transferred to another of its aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 series and flown to Abuja safely. But
this time around, out of the 74 passengers that made the initial
flight, only 23 made the second flight as some passengers with High
Blood pressure chose to go for medical check ups and some were just not
convinced to fly at that moment.
Medview
Airlines’ ground engineers and their Turkish maintenance firm, Technic
engineers, are looking at the plane for proper rectification and
recertification by the NCAA, thereafter.”
Another disaster averted.
2 comments:
This is indeed serious my brother. I happened to watch the news on this air mishap last night here on Channel TV online, and little did I know that my OWN was also in that aircraft. We really Thank God and our Lady of the way who guides and protects us.
My warm regard to Shadrach,
Celestine
Yea! We really thank God ooo. To him be glory and praise forever more.
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