38 hurt as United flight from Nigeria to D.C. experiences ‘unexpected aircraft movement’, officials say
Nigerian officials said 38 people were injured, six of them were taken to hospital, after a United Airlines plane faced a flight from Nigeria to Washington, DC, the air problems.
The nature of the state of emergency was not completely clear, but the video verified by NBC News shows the passenger compartment in the Boeing 787-8 plane in a state of chaos after the accident, and meals and food trays scattered on the ground, and some lining of the plane separated from the upper part of The plane. The ceiling of the cabin.
The Federal Airports Authority in Nigeria said that United’s flight left Lagos at 11:59 pm local time Thursday (5:59 pm East time). She returned to Mortalata Mohamed International Airport at 3:22 am on Friday (9:22 pm East time Thursday) after an emergency The agency said after “hours” of takeoff.
United Airlines said in a statement on Saturday that flight 613 with 245 passengers, eight members of the crew and three pilots returned peacefully to Lagos after a “technical problem and an unexpected movement of the plane.”
The airline described the six people who were taken to the hospital as four passengers and two guests who were slightly injured. The Nigerian Airports Authority said in its report The private statement And that the six were “serious” and they were settled in medical facilities in the area before being transferred to the Duchess Hospital in Ikega.
She added that 27 additional passengers and five crew members were slightly wounded and ranked first aid before they were released “immediately.”
Nigerian Airports Authority He said on x The medical team, led by a high -level administrative staff, was aware of the situation and prepared before the trip returned.
She added that “the medical team was in direct contact with the pilot before the plane landed in Lagos,” adding that the team and firefighters on the ground were “present and ready.”
The Airports Authority said that the plane was not severely damaged. The plane spent 3 hours and 36 minutes on the flight, according to the travel tracking site Flightaware.
A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration via e -mail said on Saturday that the information related to the incident will come from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and the United Airlines.
United said she is working with the authorities in Nigeria and the United States to help know what happened.
