Nigeria's squad have had their departure for the World Cup finals in South Africa delayed by a technical hitch on their plane.

The Super Eagles were supposed to leave their training camp in the south of England on Monday night.

But the squad are still at Stansted Airport after their aircraft developed unspecified problems.

The Nigerian government has ordered a new aircraft to fly in from Paris to take the team to South Africa.

The BBC has spoken to several players in the party, who say they do not yet know when they will be travelling.

The Nigerian High Commission in South Africa had sent a delegation to the airport in South Africa to meet the team.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8715675.stm

Good. Which means there is still time to make a double substitution. Uche on for Yakubu and Anichebe on for Utaka.

Naija and our wahala how come we are the only Nation going to the World cup with this kind of problem ?

Naija and our wahala how come we are the only Nation going to the World cup with this kind of problem ?

I tire o

It is very annoying the way things are done in Nigeria! This is nothing about superstition! NFF chartered a third class airline company to fly the players, with only one plane! (as per their website).

Read for yourselves:
Eagles grounded by aircraft trouble

Posted: 2010-06-01 07:14

Nigeria's contingent failed to leave as scheduled for South Africa on Monday night after their chartered aircraft developed a technical fault just before takeoff.

The delegation, led by NFF President Sani Lulu Abdullahi Abdullahi was booked on a Luz Air chartered plane, but the pilot discovered a malfunction, just prior to takeoff.

"We were at the airport and all checked in when the pilot reported that he had noticed a red light on his controls," Media Officer Idah Peterside told KickOffNigeria.com.

"He said he was not sure what the exact problem was, and could not risk the lives of the squad and so he opted to ground the flight while the engineers tried to establish what the problem is."

The NFF were forced to make alternative hotel accommodation at the Radisson, close to the airport.

"The NFF are making alternative arrangements for us to fly on a different airline."

However, Idah explained that if Luz Air were to provide a different aircraft, the Nigeria contingent would fly.

Colin Udoh


Sources: http://www.kickoff.com/news/15771/eagles-grounded-by-aircraft-trouble.php; http://www.luzair.com/fleet.htm

Vintage NFA(NFF?)
First $230k vanished from under their very noses
Secondly,they booked a substandard hotel in SA for the eagles,only to now change it and pay millions in damages
Now,instead of travelling to SA with an aeroplane,they tried to use a kite