The management of the United Nigeria Airlines has explained that poor weather informed the diversion of its Abuja-Bound flight to Asaba, Delta State.
There was drama on Flight NUA 0504 from the Lagos airport on Sunday when the Abuja-bound passengers were flown to Asaba airport.
The cabin crew, upon landing in Asaba, told the passengers that they had arrived at Abuja airport, creating confusion among the passengers.
But the airline explained that the pilots of the aircraft temporarily diverted the flight to the Asaba airport due to “poor destination weather”.
The spokesperson of the airline, Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, said the pilot was properly briefed about the diversion, noting that the cabin crew made “wrong announcement upon landing safely in Asaba [and] created confusion among the passengers.”
“A united Nigeria Airlines flight, NUA 0504, operating from the MM2 in Lagos enroute Abuja on Sunday, November 26, 2023, was temporarily diverted to the Asaba International Airport due to poor destination weather,” the statement reads.
“At all material time, the Pilot of the aircraft was aware of the temporary diversion and was properly briefed.
” However, a wrong announcement was made by cabin crew upon landing safely in Asaba creating confusion among the passengers.
“Meanwhile, the aircraft has landed safely in Abuja following improvement on destination weather,” the statement read
