Air Peace clarifies windshield incidents, says no panic 

The management of Air Peace has clarified an incident involving one of its aircraft in Abuja on Monday.

The PUNCH had reported how the windshield of an Embraer ERJ 145 suddenly broke to the surprise of passengers and airport staff in Abuja.

This Development fuelled insinuations that the aircraft may need attention from its operators and possibly engineers.

But the airline management, in a statement to the PUNCH on Tuesday, said the flight went smoothly and the aircraft landed safely without any abnormal events after suffering the windshield damage.

The management stated that 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 statement said, “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.”

The airline, however, insisted that the incident did not cause any form of panic.

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