A group of cows caused serious drama recently when they invaded the runway of a Nigerian airport, causing panic.
File photo used only for llustrative purpose
A horrible tragedy was recently averted at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri when cows stormed the runway.
The fearful incident occurred yesterday.
According to Vanguard, a fully-loaded plane of Air Peace had to
abort landing at the airport in Owerri, when the pilot discovered that
the runway had been invaded by cows.
A passenger aboard the flight, Mr. Richard Akinnola, who narrated
the incident to Vanguard, said the pilot was forced to hover around the
airport until the runway was cleared by the airport security.
The panic-stricken passengers, who initially thought the pilot
deliberately aborted landing, applauded him on being told that a major
disaster had been averted as the landing runway had been taken over by
cattle.
This is not the first time a major airport runway was invaded by cows.
The Port Harcourt International Airport runway was sometime ago
invaded by cows and an approaching Air France plane collided with some
of the cows.
The expertise of the pilot saved what would have been a tragic
incident as the plane was only slightly damaged with passengers
suffering shock. The Federal Government was saddled with the burden of
repairing the damaged plane.
Vanguard reports that when contacted on phone about the Sam Mbakwe
Airport/Air Peace incident, the acting General Manager, Public Affairs,
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs Henrrietta Yakubu, said
she had not been briefed and promised to get back to journalists.
Efforts to get the reaction of the Public Relations Manager of Air Peace proved abortive.
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