A Boeing 737-500 aircraft operated by Med-View Airline on Tuesday made emergency landing and deployed oxygen mask mid-air.
The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria which confirmed the development, said the airline had a serious incident mid-air which caused the crew to deploy oxygen masks and embark on emergency descent procedure.
The Bureau said it has been notified of the incident and has commenced a probe into serious incident.
A statement made available by Tunji Oketunbi read “The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria has been notified that an aircraft operated by Med-View Nigeria Limited, Boeing 737-500 with registration marks 5N-BQM was involved in a serious incident en-route Lagos from Abuja on the 23rd July, 2019 at about 3:07pm local time with 27 passengers and six (6) crew members on board. There was no fatality.
“From the information gathered so far, cabin altitude warning came on at FL 320 followed by deployment of oxygen masks which necessitated the crew to carry out emergency descent procedure.
“Our team of safety investigators have commenced investigation,” the Bureau added.
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