Massive protests trailed the arrival of a British Airways’
flight from London at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,
Lagos, last night, as passengers aboard the flight could not retrieve
their luggage, following the technical problem suffered by the airliner
on touchdown.
it was gathered that the luggage cabin of the aircraft failed to open after the plane landed at exactly 6:15pm.
Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that what infuriated the aggrieved passengers was the failure of the crew to empathise with them.
Over
300 hundred passengers on board the flight were reportedly stranded for
hours, as children cried uncontrollably due to the stuffy nature of the
arrival hall, where they were cocooned, waiting for words from the crew.
The crew were said to have left the airport to avoid being manhandled by the passengers, who were getting very restive.
The
eyewitness said: “The situation here right now is chaotic. Hundreds of
passengers are protesting the shabby treatment of British Airways’
flight crew, who appear helpless to enable the passengers retrieve
their luggage.
“The crew members are saying the aircraft
suffered technical problem and it was making it impossible for them to
open the luggage cabin.”
Passenger’s story
As at 9:05pm
last night, the airline crew were said to have abandoned the passengers
and left the airport, saying there was nothing they could do to open
the luggage cabin.
One of the passengers on board, Mr. Crosby
Eribo, confirmed to Vanguard that passengers, who arrived the airport
on board the flight were suffering, with none of the airlines’ staff
addressing them.
He said: “What is happening here is
unfortunate. The airline’s officials have abandoned us here and
children are here crying because of the humid nature of the arrival
hall.
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