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.
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