Another airplane crash averted last monday

A mild drama occurred at Nnamdi Azikiwe airport, Abuja on monday, 28th october 2013, when an aircraft belonging to Med-view airlines suddenly took off again on landing on the tarmac.

The airline Flight VL2104 took off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos at noon and was scheduled to land in Abuja at about 1.05pm.

The pilot had already announced final descent into Abuja and asked all passengers and cabin crew to fasten their seat belts but the pilot suddenly took off to the air again with barely 30 seconds to touch ground. Few minutes after being airbound, the captain announced that the aircraft had to take off again in order to avood colliding with another aircraft.

The aircraft hovered in the air for another 20 mins before finally landing. It had 150 passengers on board.