173 Turkish passengers escaped death by
whiskers at the Mallam Aminu Kano
International Airport, Kano, on Wednesday
night (11pm), when a Turkish Airline plane
caught fire while fueling. It took the prompt
intervention of the fire service at the airport
to avert what could have been a major
disaster.
An airport personnel who claimed anonymity
disclosed that the fuel tanker was partly razed
and the aircraft “slightly damaged”.
“It was God who saved the aircraft. Men of
the Airport Fire Service mobilised to the
scene immediately. The good thing was that
the fuelling was through a tanker, which
partially caught fire but the fire was promptly
put out, if it was underground fuelling, it
would have been a disaster.” he said.
Also, Garba Shehu, the Media Consultant to
former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who
was travelling with his family, said, “The
Airbus 340 aircraft which had the burning
truck under its wings made a miraculous
escape following a decision to tow it away
from the fire just in time before the fuel-
laden tanker burst into a towering flame.
“The flight taking my family and I, among
many other passengers to Istanbul from Kano
was cancelled a short while ago following
indications that the aircraft, even though not
destroyed, was partly damaged on its wing.
“Fire engines at the airport emptied their
contents without any serious impact on the
raging fire, which burnt without let until it
had consumed the oil tanker.” he disclosed.
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