Air Peace confirms plane windshield cracked upon landing in Abuja

The management of Air Peace has confirmed that the windshield of the its plane malfunctioned upon landing in Abuja on Monday.

According to reports, the windshield of an Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft operated by Air Peace shattered as the plane descended into Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.

The development caused panic among passengers although the flight, which had departed from Akure in Ondo State at 8:30 am, landed at 9:40 am without further incident.

Notably, among the passengers on board was human rights advocate Omoyele Sowore, who was travelling to Abuja to attend a scheduled court trial.

Reacting, the airline management said although the aircraft’s windshield suffered a crack on the outer layer of the front window of the first officer’s side, it was discovered by the cockpit crew upon landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja.

The management’s statement reads; “Our attention has been drawn to reports about a windshield shattering on Air Peace Flight from Akure to Abuja, which supposedly caused panic among the flying passengers.

“We would like to state clearly that there was no such “Panic event” on the said flight. On the contrary, it was a smooth flight that landed safely without any abnormal events.

Additionally, the management noted that the safety of the passengers was not jeopardised in any way.

“The windshield had a crack on the outer layer of the front window of the first officer’s side, which was discovered by the cockpit crew. On no account was the safety of the flight or the safety of the passenger jeopardised in the process.

“This particular flight operated normally from Akure to Abuja and landed safely in Abuja without any unsafe events or safety concerns.

“On landing at Abuja airport, the pilots did their normal workaround and reported the cracked outer layer of one of the windshields to the engineers, who immediately commenced the replacement of the cracked windshield.”