United Airlines Flight Develops Technical Issue on Motion, Returns to Lagos, Passengers Injured
A United Airlines U.S bound aircraft returned to Lagos few hours after taking off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, to address technical issues which left some of its passengers and cabin crew injured .
The aircraft which had 245 passengers onboard including eight flight attendants, and three pilots took off on Thursday 24th January, 2025.
A statement issued by the airline read” Flight UA613 from Lagos to Washington D.C. returned to Lagos to address a technical issue. After landing safely, the aircraft was met by first responders to address reports of minor injuries to several passengers and crew.”
A passenger who was on board posted on his social media handle that ” Last night, we had a harrowing experience on United flight from Lagos to Washington, DC. The plane was spiraling out of control, lost its navigational and other tools. We had gone past Abidjan, and were initially to make an emergency landing in Ghana but the plane later regained all lost tools and we were able to come back to Lagos with some people injured including some crew members.
“When we landed, we had to wait for medical personnel who took forever to come to the plane. We have no value for human life in this country and therefore are never prepared for emergencies. Having survived a plane with major technical issues, surviving the Almighty Nigerian attitude seemed a bigger threat. May God heal this country. We were housed in a hotel near the airport, I am still traumatised like many other passengers.Flight has been cancelled due to a technical issue.”
