Another air disaster was averted yesterday afternoon when an IRS Aircraft
made an emergency landing in Kaduna. A Fokker 28 plane, carrying 89
passengers from Lagos to Kaduna,
developed hydraulic problems few minutes before landing at the Kaduna
airport.
The aircraft's front tyres refused to come out during landing, forcing the pilot to land without them. Fortunately no one was injured.
The Managing Director of IRS, Yemi Dada, later explained what happened to reporters. He said:
The aircraft's front tyres refused to come out during landing, forcing the pilot to land without them. Fortunately no one was injured.
The Managing Director of IRS, Yemi Dada, later explained what happened to reporters. He said:
"The pilots received a low hydraulic warning minutes before landing, and this affected the landing gear, nose wheel steering, brakes, cargo doors, thrust reverser and the flight controls."