Nigeria: Delta Air Commences Airlifting of Uninjured Passengers After Fire

15 February 2018

Delta Air Thursday commenced the airlift of some of the uninjured passengers who were aboard the Delta flight 55 from Lagos, to Atlanta that one of the engines caught fire after take off and had to make emergency landing at Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos .

This is just as the Commissioner of Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, Engineer Akin Olateru said the agency has taken possession of the aircraft and sterilized the site to avoid tampering and carry out a safety investigation on the aircraft.

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