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Fire alarm on our aircraft was falsely triggered – Air Peace 

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Air Peace, Nigeria’s largest carrier has disclosed that a fire alarm which triggered on the airline’s Port Harcourt-Lagos flight on Thursday was falsely triggered.
In a statement by the airline, it stated that the incident which occurred during its Port Harcourt-Lagos flight P47193 on Thursday happened some minutes before landing.
“Our Captain noticed a fire warning indicator in the cockpit.  The pilots performed all safety precautionary measures and the fire indicator went off. The Captain immediately notified our Operations Control Center in Lagos at 17:37hrs.
“It was determined upon landing that the alarm was falsely triggered as there was no fire event.
“The aircraft landed safely, and all passengers disembarked normally,” Air Peace stated.