Stranded Air Peace passengers protest in Abuja, Lagos, Calabar
Passengers who booked flights with Air Peace attacked staff of the airline in Abuja, Lagos, Calabar and other parts of the country as they were disappointed by the airline.
The airline has however condemned the attack on its staff in a statement issued by its Corporate Communications Manager, Chris Iwarah, on Friday, warned that it would no longer condone members of the public endangering the lives of its workers.
It regretted that security agents had failed to put an end to the trend of members of the public invading airport facilities to attack airline workers.
"On Thursday, the winglet of one of our aircraft, which was being towed within the very limited space at the ramp of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos to position for departure, had a partial contact with the stabiliser of another of our aircraft.
"We subsequently declared the two aircraft unserviceable in line with our high safety standards.
"We were, therefore, compelled to adjust our schedules to close the gaps created by the two aircraft, which were scheduled to do 14 sectors.
"While we were trying to salvage the situation, some unruly passengers took the law into their own hands, preventing passengers from boarding and making it impossible for our aircraft to fly.” it said.
The airline has however condemned the attack on its staff in a statement issued by its Corporate Communications Manager, Chris Iwarah, on Friday, warned that it would no longer condone members of the public endangering the lives of its workers.
It regretted that security agents had failed to put an end to the trend of members of the public invading airport facilities to attack airline workers.
"On Thursday, the winglet of one of our aircraft, which was being towed within the very limited space at the ramp of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos to position for departure, had a partial contact with the stabiliser of another of our aircraft.
"We subsequently declared the two aircraft unserviceable in line with our high safety standards.
"We were, therefore, compelled to adjust our schedules to close the gaps created by the two aircraft, which were scheduled to do 14 sectors.
"While we were trying to salvage the situation, some unruly passengers took the law into their own hands, preventing passengers from boarding and making it impossible for our aircraft to fly.” it said.
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