Air travelers this season may have to contend with shortage of aircraft and pay more as a domestic accident has led to loss of two aircraft…..a Max airplane which rammed I to a parked Air Peace plane . Nigerians who are desirous of travelling by air this season, they may have one aircraft less to fly in.
The incident happened on Saturday while the Max Air was taxing at the Benin Airport runway.
The incident, according to Air Peace, occured while passengers were being boarded from the Benin Airport to Abuja.
The accident occurred at 2pm.
But Air Peace said there was no casualty.
A statement from the airline which was made available to TheNiche reads, “The management of Air Peace hereby notifies the general public that an incident occurred today around 14:00hrs at the Benin Airport, Edo State, when a taxing Max Air aircraft 5N-ADB rammed its right wing onto our parked aircraft, 5N-BUQ, which was boarding our Abuja bound passengers at the time the incident occurred.
“The hit damaged the left elevator of our aircraft thereby rendering the aircraft grounded and unserviceable.
“Passengers on-board the Air Peace aircraft were disembarked and another aircraft deployed to operate the flight.
“We sincerely apologise to all the passengers this situation would likely affect today for any inconvenience caused them, as a result.”
Source:The Niche
