Aero passengers left stranded on-board for hours after aircraft reportedly BREAKS DOWN (PHOTOS)

by ‘Jola Sotubo

An Aero Contractors plane scheduled to fly from Abuja to Lagos yesterday was left on the runway for hours with the passengers trapped inside.

According to reports, the situation was made even worse still by the fact that none of the staff of the airline saw it fit to offer an explanation to the bewildered and terrified passengers.

 

“It was as if Aero Contractors turned us into prisoners of war,” said one of the passengers,  who also added that all the passengers were stiff with fear as the plane lay on the tarmac of Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja.

According to SaharaReporters :

Our source disclosed that Flight AJ132 from Abuja to Lagos was supposed to take off at 8 p.m., but was delayed until midnight. Then, once passengers boarded, they were left inside the aircraft until 3 a.m. on Saturday.

He added that the pilots and the crew left the aircraft with the passengers without giving any explanation. A source at the airline said it was a case of “Aircraft On Ground”, a term used to depict seriousness of engine trouble that causes an aircraft to be grounded.

“I think this kind of thing can only happen in Nigeria where customers are treated by an airline as if they were just rats trapped inside a plane, and the pilots and crew members disappear just like that.”

SaharaReporters could not reach a line for Aero Contractors to obtain an official response to the incident. Several passengers booked on other Aero’s flights suffered similar delays at airports around Nigeria.

 

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