Air Peace faces flight disruptions as ground handling equipment damages aircraft

…‘Operator collapsed before equipment crashed into aircraft.’

By Dickson Omobola

Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace, has disclosed that one of its Airbus A320 aircraft sustained damage on the ground at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 1, MMA1, Lagos.

The incident occurred after a Nigerian Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO, baggage conveyor belt vehicle crashed into the aircraft’s engine shortly after the completion of Flight P47427 from Kano and the safe disembarkation of passengers.

The airline said the ground handling equipment tore into the aircraft, rendering it totally unserviceable.