Local carrier, Max Air, has apologized to its passengers on its Boeing 737 aircraft over the aircraft mishap that happened in Kano on Tuesday.
The apology was made by Harish Manwani, Max Air Executive Director, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
While commending the airline’s experts for their promptness to effect standard practice in aviation to tackle the incident, Harish added that such move averted other likely incidents.
“The incident that happened yesterday was on take-off of our Boeing 737 aircraft from Kano carrying among the distinguished passengers on board were the Emir of Kano, his entourage and top officials of Max Air Management.
“As the aircraft took off, one of the engines experienced a bird strike, which called for the Captain to carefully bring back the aircraft to Kano airport.
“We humbly apologise to the passengers for the inconvenience caused and assure that safety is our number one concern always,” Harish said.
He added that passengers were asked to disembark after the aircraft safely arrived Kano airport, while Air Max engineers assessed the damage of the blades on the engine and got them replaced as per procedure.
“The aircraft was released back to service with the authority’s supervision, and the aircraft departed from Kano to Abuja,” he added.
(NAN)
