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Degradation of airports in Nigeria requires the intervention of local authority

Lagos, Nigeria - Air is able to land without damage to the passenger

Last Sunday, a plane of the Nigerian airline Arik Air Flight, bounded to Lagos, managed to land at the "Murtala Muhammed International Airport" even if the second engine was knocked out for the impact with a bird. The plane, a B-737/700 New Generation, landed at the airport in Lagos at 10:10 am, without damage to the 69 passengers. The bird-strike is a collision between a bird and a plane which...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1129337
Rome, Italy, 05/10/2011 15:01
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