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U.S.-bound passengers stranded at Lagos airport

Posted by 9jabook.com on June 23, 2009 at 8:00pm
OVER 170 America-bound Nigerian travellers were yesterday stranded at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport as the Delta Air plane they were billed to travel on to the United States (U.S.) developed a technical fault leading to the cancellation of the flight. adv.er.tisem.ent nollywood videos and more One of the aggrieved passengers was said to have contacted the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to step into their case. The Director-General of the agency, Dr. Harold Demuren was said to have ordered the airline to provide adequate accommodation for the stranded passengers till the airline solved its problems as stipulated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Demurun told The Guardian that the NCAA was on top of the situation, stressing that the passengers had been checked into hotels. According to him, "It is true that the Delta Airline aircraft developed a technical problem today (yesterday), but we are on top of the problem. All the passengers have been checked into hotels in line with standard recommended practice." adv.er.tisem.ent nollywood videos and more The carrier recently changed to B777 aircraft from the former B767 model, which the Minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, recently described as old. By the time of filing this report, it was not certain if the airline had contacted its headquarters in the U.S. for the problem to be rectified or for another aircraft to be sent. Those who could not wait for the airline's alternative were said to have asked for a refund, while others expressed sadness over the issue. One of the passengers who gave her name simply as Ronke said she was making an alternative arrangement on some other European airlines to take her to her destination. However, the alternative might not yield fruit, as most of the European carriers are fully booked because of the summer.
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