Stranger than fiction. But this news went viral via BlackBerries this morning:
This jst happened to Jahdiel, Nigerian Gospel artiste, few minutes ago..a wk after Dana Crash..wetin dey do naija airlines nah?
Imagine. I boarded an arik plane
today for a program in ph, the plane was on for a while and we were all
sweating profusely cos the ac was not on. I summoned a staff who attends
my church asked him why..he said the second engine wasn’t working and
dat the ac doesn’t work unless we take off. On hearing this we all
disembarked the plane. Can u imagine they were trying to use a generator
to start the engine. If arik planes can be faulty then no plane is safe
to fly in nigeria.
Attempts to speak with the singer have not been successful as her
phone is off, but her friend and fellow artiste, Nikki Laoye, confirmed
the event. Repeated calls to the Arik Air spokesperson have not yet been
returned.We will continue to update you.
UPDATE: We have contacted the singer via and she sent us this message:
After my refusal of flying with the
flight today with arik air to ph flight no W3 519 with one engine, a new
plane was provided for us..we could even smell the “newness” pardon my
english..we were all calm and at ease. My fellow nigerians,the word
“manage” is not our heritage. We deserve the best we will always get
when we speak out with one voice. One people,great nation.
Some people are just crazy. Playing trial and error game with people's lives.
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