A Delta Airline flight 55 from Lagos to Atlanta, United States had to make an emergency landing and return to Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Tuesday night after an issue with one of the A330-200’s two engines.
The flight was delayed to 22:40hrsand made an emergency landing at 23:16hrs, The pilot announced the evacuation of all the passengers on board within 90 seconds, after contacting the control tower to inform them that left engine of the aircraft was said to have caught fire mid-air in-flight.
The flight made a safe landing and customers exited the aircraft in an orderly fashion onto the runway via emergency slides, also the airport fire service met with the craft promptly on arrival.
In a statement the Delta airline’s said, “Delta is aware of five customers reporting non-critical injuries as a result of the evacuation.
Delta teams have provided overnight hotel accommodations to customers and will rebook customers on an alternate Delta aircraft on Wednesday. The safety of Delta’s customers and crew members is always our top priority.”
An eyewitness reports a number of crew and passenger injuries were recorded and had been taken to hospitals around the airport for treatment.