A very big disaster was averted last Sunday, May 19th, when a 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.
Nigeriafilms report that this information was gotten from someone on the flight.
See the report below:
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 is 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.
