Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07LAGOS268
2007-04-13 15:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Lagos
Cable title:
FLIGHT ABORTED AFTER HYDRAULICS MALFUNCTION
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UNCLAS LAGOS 000268
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE PASS FAA FOR AHARRIS,
TRANSPORTATION FOR FAA; DAKAR PLEASE PASS TO FAA REP MOIRA
KEANE; ROME PLEASE PASS TO TSA REP JOHN HALINSKI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR EINV PREL NI
SUBJECT: FLIGHT ABORTED AFTER HYDRAULICS MALFUNCTION
UNCLAS LAGOS 000268
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE PASS FAA FOR AHARRIS,
TRANSPORTATION FOR FAA; DAKAR PLEASE PASS TO FAA REP MOIRA
KEANE; ROME PLEASE PASS TO TSA REP JOHN HALINSKI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR EINV PREL NI
SUBJECT: FLIGHT ABORTED AFTER HYDRAULICS MALFUNCTION
1. On April 11, a Virgin Nigeria flight departing Murtala
Mohammed International Airport in Lagos was aborted shortly
after take-off when the flight captain detected a malfunction
in the hydraulic nose wheel of the aircraft. Although many of
the passengers panicked the aircraft landed safely.
2. Bismarck Rewane, Virgin Nigeria board member, had spoken
with Virgin Nigeria Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Conrad
Clifford about the incident. Clifford described two accounts
of what had transpired. In the first account, some passengers
claimed to have seen fire coming from one of the aircraft's
engines after the aircraft landed. They began shouting, which
provoked a panic. In the second account, some passengers
claimed to have seen an aircraft approaching the Virgin
Nigeria plane on the runway and began shouting. The flight
captain and crew subsequently disembarked the passengers.
3. Rewane confirmed that one passenger suffered minor
bruising as a result of the episode. He said Virgin Nigeria
would distribute a public statement regarding this incident
later today. Aviation contacts affirmed incidents involving
minor hydraulic malfunctions are common and not in themselves
a cause for concern.
BROWNE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE PASS FAA FOR AHARRIS,
TRANSPORTATION FOR FAA; DAKAR PLEASE PASS TO FAA REP MOIRA
KEANE; ROME PLEASE PASS TO TSA REP JOHN HALINSKI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR EINV PREL NI
SUBJECT: FLIGHT ABORTED AFTER HYDRAULICS MALFUNCTION
1. On April 11, a Virgin Nigeria flight departing Murtala
Mohammed International Airport in Lagos was aborted shortly
after take-off when the flight captain detected a malfunction
in the hydraulic nose wheel of the aircraft. Although many of
the passengers panicked the aircraft landed safely.
2. Bismarck Rewane, Virgin Nigeria board member, had spoken
with Virgin Nigeria Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Conrad
Clifford about the incident. Clifford described two accounts
of what had transpired. In the first account, some passengers
claimed to have seen fire coming from one of the aircraft's
engines after the aircraft landed. They began shouting, which
provoked a panic. In the second account, some passengers
claimed to have seen an aircraft approaching the Virgin
Nigeria plane on the runway and began shouting. The flight
captain and crew subsequently disembarked the passengers.
3. Rewane confirmed that one passenger suffered minor
bruising as a result of the episode. He said Virgin Nigeria
would distribute a public statement regarding this incident
later today. Aviation contacts affirmed incidents involving
minor hydraulic malfunctions are common and not in themselves
a cause for concern.
BROWNE