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Delta Air Lines Flight Makes Emergency Landing As Plane Catches Fire After Takeoff
A Delta Air Lines flight bound at Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos made an emergency landing after the pilot notice the left engine of the aircraft caught fire mid air in-flight.
The pilot of the Delta Air flight DL055 (ATL) ETG on noticing that the left engine had caught fire immediately contacted the control tower at the Lagos Airport to prepare for emergency landing.
“The Emergency aviation officials were immediately contacted and fire fighters placed on standby.
“After landing successfully, all the passengers aboard were quickly evacuated via the emergency sliding door within few minutes”, an official who didn’t want his name on print said.
Also, the remaining casualty – free passengers have been taken to a Hotel after the flight was announced cancelled and rescheduled for a date yet to be specified and communicated, he said.
Although no deaths were recorded, a number of crew and passenger casualties were recorded and have been taken to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja, Air Force Base Clinic and Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Medical Centre for speedy medical attention.
Meanwhile, the incident led to a closure of the runway, thereby preventing KLM, Lufthansa and Air France already positioned for take off from departing, ALEDEH had reported.
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