An Air Peace flight made a precautionary landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday evening following a fire alarm that was later confirmed to be false.
Passengers were safely evacuated from the aircraft, which was en route from Port Harcourt to Lagos, after the pilot conducted an emergency landing due to the alarm.
Mr. Stanley Olisa, the Corporate Communications Lead for Air Peace, clarified that the alarm was triggered erroneously shortly before the aircraft was scheduled to land.
““We wish to inform the flying public of an incident that occurred during our Port Harcourt-Lagos flight P47193 of today, April 25.
“Some minutes before landing, our captain noticed a fire warning indicator in the cockpit. The pilots performed all safety precautionary measures and the fire indicator went off.
“The Captain immediately notified our Operations Control Center in Lagos at 5.37 p.m.
“It was determined upon landing that the alarm was falsely triggered as there was no fire event. The aircraft landed safely, and all passengers disembarked normally,” Olisa stated.
