Aircraft that landed on Delta road had no mechanical fault - Keyamo

By Dickson Omobola

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, Wednesday, disclosed that the the private aircraft with registration number N989BC which landed on a road in the Ogwashi-Uku area of Delta State some weeks ago did not suffer any mechanical failure, but mistakenly landed on a road that the pilots mistook for a runway.

Keyamo said the aircraft had been cleared to land at Asaba Airport but failed to touch down on the designated runway.

He said the control tower lost visual contact with the aircraft shortly after issuing landing clearance and later discovered that it had landed on a nearby construction road, where it dropped passengers.

Speaking on Politics Tonight, a TVC programme, he said: “The tower in Asaba cleared them to land. After about two minutes, the tower called and said: ‘where is your location? I can’t see you again. I can’t see you on the tarmac.’ As it is known, the tower is always elevated, thus one can see the whole of the runway and the apron.