money-hungry :
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ichidodo: Harmattan-strickened engine blow-out. Thank GOD for journey mercies.

Jakumo: The pilot did a marvellous job of stabilizing the aircraft after engine failure. His hands were full, in dealing with that emergency, so he could not be expected to deliver a running commentary to the passengers while he battled to circle the crippled bird back to the airport.

manny4life:

Bird strike ke? At how many feet? You're right for that to be the case.

They said 1) after seat belts signs were off, 2) 5mins after departure, which means the airplane has retracted landing gear, already started climbing. A passenger airplane climbs at 1800ft per min after rotate putting the aircraft above the altitude where birds fly.

Based on what they testified, that isn't a bird strike - that's more than a bird strike.

IMO, this obviously was an engine failure.

ichidodo: Harmattan-strickened engine blow-out. Thank GOD for journey mercies.

gboss4sure:

Where you in the flight?

kessyur: My God answers prayers. Just 2 days ago at the 9-days re dedication revival at the ST. GABGRIELS CATH CHURCH, the presiding guest speaker hinted that there would like be another crash soonest in a densely. Populated area in the west. He wailed that if not averted the ground victims will be numerous. He however said that an intense prayer n fasting will avert d crash. Hence the congregation prayed n were instructed to fast also.

God has proven to be God again.

Glory to Jesus, Honour to Mary.

Johngoodnewz: I would stop boarding planes.

gboss4sure:

Where you in the flight?

PortHarcourtBoy:

Witch Vultures dey cruise at 45,000 ft oh incase you no know

kessyur: My God answers prayers. Just 2 days ago at the 9-days re dedication revival at the ST. GABGRIELS CATH CHURCH, the presiding guest speaker hinted that there would like be another crash soonest in a densely. Populated area in the west. He wailed that if not averted the ground victims will be numerous. He however said that an intense prayer n fasting will avert d crash. Hence the congregation prayed n were instructed to fast also.

God has proven to be God again.

Glory to Jesus, Honour to Mary.

gboss4sure:

Where you in the flight?

brownlord:

Wetin be the meaning of journey mercy? Or u no read the part when say the pilot mk Uturn?

money-hungry :
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FlyinNaija: Dear Nairalanders,

Most of the times when an aircraft develops a fault and returns to land, the passengers are in NO DANGER. Aviation regulations require that the flight be discontinued when certain conditions exist, whether or not they are considered to dangerous or not. If the destination is their maintenance base, most of the time the flight will continue to its destination. If the departure airport is the maintenance base the flight will return to its departure point, which in Nigeria we call an air return. That is why you will notice that most air returns in Nigeria happen in Lagos since it is the maintenance base of most airlines.
Single Engine failures in transport airliners are not a matter of life and death, provided the pilots are well trained and aircraft performance calculations are done as required. Most airlines do not even declare "MAYDAY" when they have engine failures anymore. Engine failures caused by bird strikes can be more serious since they can cause physical damage to not just the engine but surrounding parts including fuel tanks, hydraulic lines and flight controls.
On the issue of bird strikes, the highest occurrence of a bird strike was an Air Afrique Boeing 727 hitting a vulture at 37,000 feet (Manny check your facts). I hit a bird at 14000 feet a few years ago somewhere in Nigerian airspace.

Have a nice day

Super1759: this makes boarding planes more scary . Hmmmmmmmmmmm