Another Plane Crash Avoided As Pilot Makes Emergency Landing in Sokoto After Tyres Explode Mid-air

* Another plane crash was averted this
morning in Sokoko when a Saudi bound
Kabo Air plane carrying 400 passengers
from Kano made an emergency landing at
the Sir Abubakar III international Airport
when its tyres exploded immediately after
take off.
The Boeing 747 jumbo jet, left Kano on Friday en
route Saudi Arabia but had to divert to Sokoto
when the incident happened.
 DailyPost learnt that all the passengers aboard
the airline had been successfully evacuated from
the plane and lodged in a hotel in the state.
This is coming barely 72 hours after an Embraer
aircraft belonging to Associated Airlines with
registration number, 5N-BIT crashed in Lagos
shortly after take-off from the Murtala Muhammed
Airport, Lagos.
The 30-seater aircraft had 20 passengers on board
including seven crew members on board and the
remains of former Ondo State governor, Olusegun
Agagu crashed about 9:30am, killing 13.