Shortly after Dana Air’s runway incident and subsequent suspension of operations, an Air Peace plane inbound from Port Harcourt made an emergency landing at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed Airport on Thursday.
The airline said this in a post on its X handle late Thursday.
According to the airline, the incident happened after the pilots noticed a fire warning indicator in the cockpit.
They wrote, “We wish to inform the flying public of an incident that occurred during our Port Harcourt-Lagos flight P47193 of today, April 25, 2024.
“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 Centre in Lagos at 17:37hrs. It was determined upon landing that the alarm was falsely triggered as there was no fire event.
“It was determined upon landing that the alarm was falsely triggered as there was no fire event.”
The aircraft, which had 243 passengers and 12 crew members on board is said to have landed safely on the Runway18L of the Lagos airport.
