A Dana airlines aircraft travelling from Lagos to Port Harcourt on Friday avoided an accident when the flight was forced to make an emergency landing after the aircraft lost one of its engines mid flight due to a bird strike.
The flight with registration number 5N-SRI, took off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, reportedly collided with a bird, leading to the loss of the engine.
The communications manager of Dana airways Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, Communications confirmed the incident in a statement.
Ezenwa said the captain took a professional decision by returning to the Lagos airport.
“A bird strike is a collision between a bird and an aircraft that is airborne and as per standard safety procedure which is the hallmark of our operation, our pilot returned to base," the statement read in part.
Read the official statement below:
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