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.
