284 ESCAPE NEAR MISAHAP AT MMIA

Qatar Airways Airbus A330-200

There was tension in the aviation industry Saturday amid speculation  that there was an incident involving a Qatar Airways Airbus 332 with 284 passengers onboard on its way to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos from Doha, Quatar.
The aircraft had an emergency landing around 1:04 p.m. at MMIA because of low pressure in the tyres in the under carriage of the aircraft. The tyres in the under carriage of the aircraft  burst  as it made contact with the runway due to low pressure.
While the Qatar Airways Airbus 332 aircraft took off in Doha Quatar, the pilot of the airline discovered that the tyres in the under carriage had low pressure; so he had to contact the airlines  staff  in their station in Nigeria  to inform the ATC on duty to make  precautionary arrangement to salvage the situation on landing.
He further noted that no sooner than the aircraft landed than it got stuck at the cargo side of the runway , preventing other planes  from using the runway until it was toed with a push back tractor to the apron of the airport in order to disembark the passengers on board.
As soon as the aircraft landed, it was escorted by four fire tenders and one operational vehicle to the apron side of the airport in case of any fire outbreak.
Scores of fire fighters belonging to FAAN, Lagos State Fire Service and Julius Berger, and ambulance vehicles were mobilised at the cargo unit of the airport preparatory to the aircraft landing.
Even, officials of the Lagos State emergency management agency were fully mobilised to the airport in the event of a possible accident
Meanwhile, the Director General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr Harold Demuren, explained that the pilot of the aircraft took precautionary steps to land the plane.
He confirmed that the aircraft had low pressure in the tyres in the under carriage.
Kudus to the Flight Crew!!!