Barely one week after a teenage boy, Daniel
Ohikena caused a scare when
he stowed away on an Arik Air plane from Benin
to Lagos, another woman
took over last Friday.
Passengers aboard an Aero Contractors aircraft
scheduled to take-off from
Lagos to Benin were Friday thrown into
confusion as one of the female
passengers started screaming on top of her
voice that she was no longer
travelling.
She was initially ignored by members of cabin
crew and passengers alike but
when she continued screaming, her persistence
led to panic and suspicion
among the passengers.
Vanguard reports her strange behavior led to the
delay of the Benin- bound
aircraft for two hours as all the passengers were
asked to disembark while
the plane was screened again.
All the checked-in luggage were also off-loaded
for proper screening by both
Aero and Aviation Security, AVSEC, of the Federal
Airports authority of
Nigeria, FAAN.
But despite the re-screening of the already
checked in passengers and their
luggage, nothing suspicious was found on board.
According to an eye witness:
All passengers were already onboard and the
pilot was preparing to
take off before the woman started the strange
behaviour. At first, no one
took her seriously, but when the shouting and
soliloquy continued, the
passengers became apprehensive and ordered
the pilot to abort the
flight.
The situation was not funny at all. In fact, the
woman was speaking in a
language which no one understood. But I can tell
you authoritatively
that all the passengers have been taken to Benin
with the same aircraft
and they landed in the airport safely.
This was not the first time such an incident
would be happening. In fact,
it is common among first time travellers but no
one knows the motive
behind this act. However, I believe the security
agents will do their
work and reveal what led to the strange
behaviour."
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