A very big disaster was averted last Sunday, May
19th, when an SAA South African Airways Airbus
A340-600, registration ZS-SNG performing flight
SA-60 from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Lagos
(Nigeria) conveying over 300 people developed an
electrical fault in Mid-air.This information was gotten
from someone on the flight was surprised that it's
not in the news.
According to him, he was on the flight that faithful
day..it was a night flight and he was listening to
music from his Ipod when he perceived a foul
burning odor, he thought the white man sitting next
to him had farted but he knew it something more
serious when he noticed people panicking.
He pulled his headphones and asked the white guy
sitting next to him why people where panicking, all
the white man was saying was ''this plane is going to
crash! This plane s going to crash!..all of a sudden
the lighting system in the aircraft went off…everyone
was mad with fear.. some started praying others
brought out their blackberries and started pinging,
some started calling loved ones and telling them
their last wishes.
The captain then announced that the plane had
developed an electrical fault and they were going to
have an emergency landing. The pilot then turned
the plane around and headed back to South Africa. It
was also revealed that it was then he saw 2face Idibia
walk past him and when he looked back he saw the
popstar talking and calming his crew down, telling
them not to panic.
After 45 minutes, the captain announced that they
were going to 'dump the fuel' i.e remove all the jet
fuel on the plane, this is a precautionary step taken
by pilots whenever a plane is going to crash or
whenever there is a risk of fire. As they were about to
land, another problem came up. The captain
announced that the tires of the plane could not come
out, by then everyone on the plane had given up.
Miraculously, the tires came out and the plane
successfully landed and the passengers were
evacuated. Other passengers were taken to the
arrival lounge, that was when he met Tony Anenih's
wife, Josephine, they talked and exchanged cards.
After much investigation, it was a kettle that sparked
in the kitchen that affected the whole electrical
system of the plane.
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