Aero says evacuation of passengers followed safety standards
Aero Contractors Airlines said, on Monday, that the evacuation of passengers from one of its aircraft that caught fire on Sunday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, followed internationally recognised safety procedures.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some passengers on the flight, from Port Harcourt to Lagos, sustained injuries when the airline’s Boeing 737 aircraft landed and caught fire.
The airline, in a statement by its Media Consultant, Simon Tumba, said that the evacuation was carried out after the aircraft had landed safely in Lagos. “The evacuation was ordered by the captain following internationally recognised safety procedures after-on-board smoke detectors were activated,” he said. “We now believe that this was due to humidity and warm air mixing in the cabin forming a smoke-like vapour. As the crew could not be 100 per cent certain that the vapour was harmless after landing, all the 84 passengers were evacuated to the tarmac where they were moved to the airport terminal in a bus.”
Mr Tumba also added that Aero was in constant touch with the passengers, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, and other regulatory bodies in line with international operating procedure.
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