A Nigerian man has taken to social media to narrate his unpleasant experience at the Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport in Owerri, Imo state. According to Oladunjoye Tunde, there was power outage at the airport for over three hours as flight passengers were left stranded. The airport was also said to be leaking even as repair works were ongoing. Below is what he shared on Facebook earlier today; For the benefit of those who do not know, today, I discovered the full meaning of Iberiberism in Owerri. At the Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport, there was power outage for over three hours. We were all sweating like Easter Fowls! At a point I have to ask Angela Nkwo-Akpolu to leave to save her from further heat. We walked past the metal detector that what was not in use due to absence of electricity. The departure hall was in darkness and people had to sit outside and some actually sat on the edge of the tarmac. When the Air Peace flight scheduled to take off from Owerri at 5pm arrived Owerri at about 5.45pm, ...
The Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, in its new report disclosed that late Governor Suntai pilot was not certified to fly the aircraft which crashed.The AIB who identified factors that led to the crash of the helicopter conveying the late Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai, and three other occupants on October 25, 2012, said the pilot was not certified, qualified and competent to fly the Cessna 208B Caravan aircraft with registration number 5N-BMJ, which crashed in Kwanan-Waya Village in Yola. Commissioner and Chief Executive officer, AIB, Akin Olateru, who further disclosed that the pilot did not have instrument ratings and night flight privileges as it was conducted at sunset and reported an incorrect estimated time of arrival as 10:01 UTC as against the time 17:19 UTC, added that though the pilot had a private pilot licence, he was not trained to handle the aircraft. He further gave other contributing factors as the decision of the pilot to operate a VFR flight after sun...