SHAME:New Enugu International Airport flooded

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">       New Enugu International Airport flooded</span></span></h3> <div class="post-header" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"> <div class="post-header-line-1"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7572916811690554195" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 670px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4dHrBov2YCD0uiPSdALlYWG9zneu8yW4c3TS3WHWvB1fh2nIuRJldpRTH-VVWh-YvP_gzlAYVsS4xqpC_R0c5dIKs5YZoXFI5dCrnvoBisvqVwON6786eVnF5M8ABZy_FR6j0fp5g2k/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4dHrBov2YCD0uiPSdALlYWG9zneu8yW4c3TS3WHWvB1fh2nIuRJldpRTH-VVWh-YvP_gzlAYVsS4xqpC_R0c5dIKs5YZoXFI5dCrnvoBisvqVwON6786eVnF5M8ABZy_FR6j0fp5g2k/s1600/1.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="567" /></span></a></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The new Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu state looked like this morning after it rained. Is this for real, for real? Hmm, something to worry about! Well, scroll down for more annoying images<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PDFaxkGi9zIrF9g6lKCZHxWDRC74QGE_76npPT25R31jbiAuRhhy_gQ2E4hm1Xa3Uj2okmDMIt5Kfh7wVD9EfqMqHN81elyQT-fDIXBeCi2rs1TP-R4sJPZvsqAbzbgEISKHAMxrJdw/s1600/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PDFaxkGi9zIrF9g6lKCZHxWDRC74QGE_76npPT25R31jbiAuRhhy_gQ2E4hm1Xa3Uj2okmDMIt5Kfh7wVD9EfqMqHN81elyQT-fDIXBeCi2rs1TP-R4sJPZvsqAbzbgEISKHAMxrJdw/s1600/0.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQIyeNaEkiPkYSoTATqdL4g3q_YXELuw-khhMRX_-jkbjw7xi5zRTyDDkSiOPSPWkFm3XiUJLq1jiP9yVQbWqohyv7gRfX1pXncwafYIPWicAEjPblYXiGFK1OLscJZMa72enh1EFo3w/s1600/1+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQIyeNaEkiPkYSoTATqdL4g3q_YXELuw-khhMRX_-jkbjw7xi5zRTyDDkSiOPSPWkFm3XiUJLq1jiP9yVQbWqohyv7gRfX1pXncwafYIPWicAEjPblYXiGFK1OLscJZMa72enh1EFo3w/s1600/1+(1).jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="629" /></span></a></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dGIaY9TPvrxbdxlcXimEQ9J6gjHuGApmwXnf0rEBR68zRS6Koy1u2YMWeS9olQlnBp6hT3YHukMEjR2cYUR1sefxvzIgstbJNd_kczNdiOMSyLXaB_ttq767NP1j3TvGfdqzSWOUMqk/s1600/0+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dGIaY9TPvrxbdxlcXimEQ9J6gjHuGApmwXnf0rEBR68zRS6Koy1u2YMWeS9olQlnBp6hT3YHukMEjR2cYUR1sefxvzIgstbJNd_kczNdiOMSyLXaB_ttq767NP1j3TvGfdqzSWOUMqk/s1600/0+(1).jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="605" /></span></a></div> </div> </div>

SHAME:New Enugu International Airport flooded

       New Enugu International Airport flooded The new Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu state looked like this morning a...

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Suspected Airport 'Bomber': Report is Exaggerated -FAAN

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post-body entry-content" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" trbidi="on"> <header class="entry-header" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="entry-thumbnail" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="-webkit-transition: 0.6s; border: 2px solid rgb(249, 249, 249); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; transition: 0.6s; width: auto;"><img alt="murtala-muhammed-airport-Lagos" class="attachment-860x800 wp-post-image" height="403" scale="0" src="https://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2013/12/murtala-muhammed-airport-Lagos1.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.6s ease 0s; border: 2px solid rgb(249, 249, 249); display: block; float: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.6s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" width="600" /></span><br /><br />       <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reports of an alleged suicide bomber arrested Monday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, were exaggerated, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has said.</span></span><div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a statement issued Tuesday by Yakubu Dati, FAAN’s General Manager, Corporate Communications, the agency said safety at the airports remain a “top priority.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The security operatives arrested a physically-challenged man with suspected explosives at CENTREX, an annex facility belonging to the National Airport Management Authority, NAMA, on the road leading to the airport’s international wing.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Dati said the alleged bomber was caught at a distance of about one kilometre to the international terminal.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“At the time of his arrest, the suspect was said to have been loitering around the said area all morning. This attracted the curiosity of security guards on duty at the entrance of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency’s CENTREX Facility located along the airport internal link road, who promptly alerted the police,” said Mr. Dati.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He said the suspect, who was alleged to be in possession of a device used in making explosives, was promptly handed over to the Airport Police Command for interrogation.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“While we appreciate the need to promptly report all suspicious characters to security agencies, it is important to always cross-check the facts before going to press, to avoid sending the wrong signals to the public,” Mr. Dati said.<br />He added that safety and security of the airports remain a priority and that the various security agencies are collaborating with FAAN for a secure and safe environment.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria therefore wishes to reassure passengers and other airport users of adequate security architecture at MMA as well as its avowed commitment to making safety and security top priority at all times,” he said.</span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Culled from www.amazingnewsnetwork.com</span></div> </header></div> </div> </div>

Suspected Airport 'Bomber': Report is Exaggerated -FAAN

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UK airport closed after aircraft landing incident

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="43 The Top 5 Largest Aircraft in the World" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1097" height="2136" src="http://afun4u.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/43.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 5px 20px 20px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" title="The Top 5 Largest Aircraft in the World" width="3216" /></span><br /> <div id="nrelate_flyout_placeholder"> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Doncaster’s Robin Hood Airport is closed after an aircraft had a problem with its undercarriage while landing.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The LinksAir plane, which had two crew members and one passenger on board, was flying to the airport in South Yorkshire from Belfast City Airport.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The passenger was taken to hospital for checks after the incident at 19:30 BST, the airport said.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It added that the Jetstream 31 aircraft remained near the runway and could not be moved until investigators arrived.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It said the runway might remain closed until Saturday lunchtime.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Steve Gill, the airport managing director, told the Doncaster Free Press: “Our apologies go to any passengers expecting to fly into or out of Doncaster Sheffield Airport tonight. Our team will work to ensure the airport reopens as soon as possible.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bobby Fett, 39, from Newcastle upon Tyne, was at the airport on board a plane due to depart for Romania at the time of the Belfast flight’s arrival.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He and fellow passengers were told by the pilot there was a “problem on the runway”.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The crash happened as I was sat on the plane about to depart,” he said.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I was sat at the rear on my aircraft and was informed by the pilot that there was a problem on the runway.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“When I looked out I saw what looked to be a small aircraft with its right wing down on the floor. It was obvious it had an undercarriage problem by the way it was sat.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Four inbound scheduled flights and three outbound services were affected on Friday evening, the airport said.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A further three outbound flights are expected to be diverted on Saturday morning.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At 22:00, there were about 300 people in the airport terminal awaiting information, the airport added.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All passengers are advised to contact their airlines.</span></div> </div> <div class="story-bottom" style="position: relative; text-align: center; top: -10px;"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="widget wpbr-widget" id="story-bottom"> <div class="widget-wrap"> <div class="wpbrad wpbrad-zone" id="wpbrbannerajax9fd81843ad"> <div class="wpbrbanner" id="wpbrbanner478" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 5px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 5px; clear: both; height: 60px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: left; width: 460px;"> <div class="wpbrbannerinside"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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Passenger collapses, dies at Lagos airport

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">L</span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">agos</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— An intending passenger collapsed and died yesterday while waiting to collect the Yellow Card from Port Health officials at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos.</span><br /> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Airport-Ebola2.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s linear, border-top-color; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s linear, border-top-color; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Airport Ebola2" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-459200" height="280" src="http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Airport-Ebola2.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow; border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow;" width="412" /></span></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This happened when the new Minister of Aviation, Mr Osita Chidoka, was on facility tour of the airport. It’s the minister’s first official visit to Lagos since assuming office.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The dead man, Akunne Osei, <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vanguard</span> gathered, was a Nigerian who resided in Accra. He arrived Lagos for business transactions aboard an Arik Air flight on Friday, August 8, 2014 and was on his way back to Accra for medical treatment.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Speaking on the death of the passenger, General Manager, Corporate Communication, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr Yakubu Dati, said: “The passenger, Mr. Akunne Osei, took ill on Saturday, August 9 and started stooling. When the situation got worse, he called his doctor in Accra who instructed him to return to Ghana immediately for further treatment.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“During boarding formalities for his return trip to Accra, at the MMIA, Mr. Osei, who had become weak was subjected to Ebola virus test by port health officials, the result of which was negative.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“No further attention was paid to him after his Ebola virus result read negative but the passenger later slumped and died around the port health office.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The sister of the dead man was seen crying, saying:“Chike, please get up.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The body of Osei was kept at zero car park of the airport terminal when the Minister of Aviation, Mr Osita Chidoka, visited. It is yet to be removed at press time.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/passenger-collapses-dies-lagos-airport/#sthash.uMNIGnA3.dpuf</span></div>

Passenger collapses, dies at Lagos airport

L agos   — An intending passenger collapsed and died yesterday while waiting to collect the Yellow Card from Port Health officials at the M...

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