Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation, has countered a statement made by United Nigeria airlines over the diversion of its Abuja-bound flight to Asaba, delta state.
On Sunday,a united Nigeria flight destined for Abuja landed in Asaba.
A passenger on the flight told newsmen that the pilot announced he was given the wrong flight plan.
‘’ People were thinking that there’s something we were not told. Until the pilot announced to us that he received a wrong flight plan, that’s when calmness was restored, a passenger said.
But a few hours after the incident, United nigeria said the flight was diverted to Asaba due to bad weather in Abuja.
However, speaking after meeting with aviation regulators on Monday over safety concerns in the aviation industry, Keyamo said there was no bad weather in Abuja, adding that the diversion was purely an administration issue in united nigeria.
He said the ministry listened to the communication between the tower to the pilot, as released by the Nigerian airspace management agency (NAMA).
According to Keyamo, the tower kept asking the pilot to confirm again that the plane was heading to Abuja not Asaba, the pilot replied that he was going to Asaba.
