An Air Peace flight on Thursday aborted landing at Sam
Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, Imo State as cows invaded the runway. A passenger
disclosed that the pilot was forced to hover around the airport until the
runway was cleared by the airport security.
The panic-stricken passengers, who initially thought the
pilot deliberately aborted landing, applauded him on being told that a major
disaster had been averted as the landing runway had been taken over by cattle.
This is not the first time a major airport runway was
invaded by cows. The Port Harcourt International Airport runway was some time
ago invaded by cows and an approaching Air France plane collided with some of
the cows.
The expertise of the pilot saved what would have been a
tragic incident as the plane was only slightly damaged with passengers
suffering shock.
Vanguard
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