This was disclosed in Abuja, Tuesday, by the Director-General of
Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Fola Akinkuotu during an
interactive session with news men. It could be recalled that the Kabo
plane was conveying 512 passengers from Kano Airport , en route Saudi
Arabia when it'd to accomplish a crisis landing at the Sokoto Airport.
Following the plane landed, it had been found that its tyres were
deflated and it damaged some parts of the instrument landing system at
the airport. The pilot also did not comply with the directive given by
air traffic controller on duty that the plane should land on runway 08 ,
but alternatively diverted to some other runway. The passengers who were on pilgrimage to Mecca were safely evacuated and
subsequently transferred to some other aircraft which took them to their
destination.
