An Abuja-bound Dana Airline, scheduled to take off at 1:30pm from Sam Mbakwe International Airport, Owerri is reportedly having a technical hitch is reportedly having technical hitch.
The aircraft front wheels reportedly stuck when the pilot overshot its target.
According to eyewitness account, the pilot was said to have been earlier directed to taxi via the right wing of the tarmac, but he refused, opting rather to use the left wing of the tarmac. A decision that plunged the plane into a technical crises.
“It was in an effort to wheel to the left that the front wheels stuck. The engineer has been working on the faulty aircraft to no avail”. An airport official who spoke on condition of anonymity told LeadingReporters.
As at the time of filing this report, the pilot and the engineers were seen trying to get the aircraft on track to no avail.
“Passengers have already disembarked from the faulty plane’. The source said.