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Nigeria probes faulty aircraft incident

Xinhua, June 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Nigerian government has demanded a mandatory occurrence report from Aero Contractors Airline, following the technical fault developed by one of its aircraft mid- air on Friday.

Spokesperson for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Fan Ndubuoke made this known to reporters in Lagos, the nation's commercial hub on Sunday.

The Aero Contractors Airline Flight 180, which was carrying not fewer than 120 passengers from southwest Lagos to central north Kaduna, had to be diverted to Abuja for emergency landing.

The aircraft was said to have suddenly lost altitude, 20 minutes after it departed the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.

A statement by the airline had confirmed that there was depressurization in the aircraft cabin leading to the dropping of oxygen masks.

The airline added that Aero had a maintenance facility in Abuja hence the flight was diverted there to fix the problem.

However, Ndubuoke said the aircraft involved in the incident would not fly until there was a complete investigation and re- certification by the NCAA. Endi