Another Plane Crash averted in Sokoto
Another plane crash was averted in Sokoko when a Kabo Air Saudi-Arabia passenger plane carrying 400 intending pilgrims made an emergency landing at the Sir Abubakar III international Airport after its tyres exploded immediately after take off.
Sources at the Airport told NigerianEcho that all the passengers were successfully evacuated from the plane and properly accommodated in a hotel.
The Boeing 747 jumbo jet left Kano on Friday en route to Saudi Arabia but had to make a detour to Sokoto when the incident happened.
The crash was averted barely 72 hours after an Embraer aircraft belonging to Associated Airlines with registration number 5N-BIT crashed in Lagos shortly after take-off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport.