Another air disaster was averted today when a Medview aircraft, a 737-400 with Reg.No 5N BPA from Lagos-Abuja-Yola made an air return to Lagos about 15 miniutes after take-off.
The plane had taken off at 12 noon when the pilot of the aircraft noticed a surge in one of the engines. He immediately applied the necessary safety precautionary measure by returning the aircraft to base.
The pilot made a safe landing while all passengers were successfully disembarked and subsequently transferred to another aircraft in the fleet, a 737-800. All passengers in the 737-800 were safely dropped at the two destinations-Abuja and Yola.
NCAA officials and technicians are currently on ground looking at the circumstances surrounding the air return. It must however be pointed out that air return is a normal procedure usually applied by pilots and airlines all over the world whenever there is a compelling reason to discontinue the flight.