Kano — A Yola bound chartered aircraft with about 500 Nigerian pilgrims and other cabin crew members on board from Saudi Arabia Monday crash-landed at the Mallam Aminu Kano Airport when one of its tyres burst while on emergency landing.
The aircraft named after late President Umaru Yar'Adua, Vanguard learnt, is a Boeing 747 Jumbo jet with registration number 5N-DBM belonging to Max Air, one of the official airlines hired for this year's Hajj.
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