Posted by Sade Williams
An Air Peace flight P47154, which departed Lagos at 12:00hrs for Owerri on Saturday, made an air return to Lagos over bird strike.
A statement from the airline said ‘the aircraft could not land due to a bird strike that got the bird stuck on the left main landing gear.
“The strike affected the operating parameters of the landing gear which made the pilots follow regulatory safety procedures by returning to Lagos where they landed the aircraft safely without any incident.”, it said.
The airline added that passengers disembarked normally and another aircraft has been deployed to operate the flight.
“We apologise for the inconveniences caused to all passengers affected by this situation and be assured of our strict compliance with established safety standards.”, it added.
