Overland Airways has explained what happened to its flight from Ilorin to Lagos, which escaped a fatal crash on Wednesday.
The company said the aircraft, with 33 passengers onboard, suffered “an unusual high turbine temperature on one of its engines.”
Overland said in a statement on Thursday, “This occurred in the approach phase of flight and the aircraft landed very safely as the Crew skillfully implemented their standard procedures for such abnormal situations.
“All 33 passengers remained calm through the process and safely disembarked row by row in accordance with post COVID-19 procedures after the aircraft came to a halt on the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos runway 18 Right.
“No passenger was hurt in any way.”