A United Nigeria Airlines flight headed for Abuja on Saturday, November 27 shockingly landed in Asaba, the capital of Delta state.
The Passengers onboard maintained that they only realised the mistake after the cabin crew announced “Welcome to Abuja” when they landed in Asaba.
Reacting to the mistake which caused a storm online, the airline in a statement signed by its Head Corporate Communications, Achilleus Chud-Uchegbu, claimed the incident was as a result of bad weather in Abuja, so the pilot temporarily diverted the flight to Asaba.
It added that the pilot was aware of the temporary diversion and had been briefed accordingly.
“A united Nigeria Airlines flight, NUA 0504, operating from the MM2 in Lagos enroute Abuja on Sunday, November 26, 2023, was temporarily diverted to the Asaba International Airport due to poor destination weather,” the statement reads.
“At all material time, the Pilot of the aircraft was aware of the temporary diversion and was properly briefed. However, a wrong announcement was made by cabin crew upon landing safely in Asaba creating confusion among the passengers.
“Meanwhile, the aircraft has landed safely in Abuja following improvement on destination weather.”
|Vanguard
