A Lagos bound Arik Air flight ready to take-off was aborted on Wednesday night in Abuja, as the aircraft allegedly developed technical issues and refused to start. The flight, which was to transport passengers from Abuja to Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, was scheduled for 7pm but was delayed till about 8pm.

Following the series of air mishaps and accidents which have occurred in the Nigerian airspace, including the Akure bound Associated Airline plane which crashed on October 3 but not before giving the pilot warning signals, some passengers gave Airk Air kudos for not “managing the airplane” on Wednesday night.


The passengers finally arrived in Lagos at about 12 midnight on another aircraft.