Abuja Dana Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Lagos

According to the news agency of Nigeria, a Dana Airplane carrying 86 passengers from Uyo to Abuja yesterday Thursday May 10th made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, following “loss of hydraulic pressure” while in flight.

The DG of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr Harold Demureno said there was no casualty and there was no damage to the aircraft.

A spokesperson for Dana Air said the aircraft had to initiate an emergency landing when the pilot discovered that it had “failure of hydraulic pressure”. Passengers were evacuated without incident.