PASSENGERS onboard an Arik Air flight from London to Lagos suffered a minor scare yesterday when their plane had to abandon taking off from Heathrow Airport after developing a technical fault.
Flight W3101 to London from Lagos, an Airbus A330-200 aircraft landed 30 minutes after taking off after developing a technical fault mid air. According to Arik, while on ground at Heathrow Airport the aircraft was declared Aircraft on Ground, meaning it was not airworthy until the technical problem was addressed.
This has prompted the airline to reschedule its flight from London to Lagos that ought to leave London last night on Thursday March 24 to this morning. Arik said the incident would not affect its Lagos to London flight today that was already scheduled to leave Heathrow at 12.45pm.
Apparently the affected aircraft had just arrived from Lagos, having taken off from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport and landing at Heathrow's Terminal Four. Arik Air, Nigeria's largest carrier, has operated for 10 years without any major incident both in its domestic, regional and international flights and in September 18, 2012 it airlifted its 10 millionth passenger on a flight between Johannesburg and Lagos.
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