An Overland Airways aircraft caught fire mid-air on Wednesday night, with 33 passengers on board. The passengers, however, escaped death as the aircraft made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, from Ilorin International Airport, in Kwara State. It was gathered that the Pilot-in-Command of the ATR-42 Aircraft had declared a ‘May Day’, which in aviation parlance implies an emergency situation, while authorities at the airport had activated all emergency procedures as the crew tried to maneuver the plane. The airline confirmed the incident in an issued…
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