Major Plane Crash Averted In Abuja After Tyre Blow Out

An air craft,belonging to Airpeace was near crashing today while taxiing for takeoff at the Abuja international airport, Naija News learnt.

The incident reportedly took place about 3 minutes after the plane started taxiing.

According to a passenger, they heard a deafening sound, only to alight and discover that two tyres had burst.

While reports have it that no official statements have been made by the airline as at press time, it was also learnt that Air Peace had scheduled flights to take passengers to and from Banjul and Lagos today.

This was disclosed by the airline’s official twitter account @flyairpeace