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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reported an incident involving a Royal Air Maroc flight which landed at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, today with its baggage cabin open.
FAAN disclosed the incident in a statement this afternoon.
It said that passengers’ luggage remained intact despite the incident, while the aircraft also had no obvious technical fault.
The statement speculates that the development might have been caused by hard landing but adds that relevant agencies have commenced investigation into the incident to ascertain the cause.
Read full statement below:
PRESS RELEASE
ROYAL AIR MAROC FLIGHT’S BAGGAGE CABIN DISCOVERED OPEN WHILE LANDING
A Royal Air Maroc flight with registration number CN – ROR landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 0404hours today October 11, 2019 with it’s baggage cabin door opened.
Confirming the incident, Aviation Security officials that escorted the aircraft upon landing noted that although all necessary security landing procedures were observed as the aircraft was landing and their was no invader around the aircraft.
Tthey suspected the opening must have been as a result of force landing. Further investigation revealed that all passengers on the flight got their luggage intact, except for a certain Tazi Larbi, whose luggage with tag number 829116 did not come on the flight because it was left in Morocco.
Appropriate agencies have however commenced investigation into the incident to ascertain the cause.
The aircraft pushed back at about 0530 hours and was airborne to Morrocco at 0540 hours.
Henrietta Yakubu (Mrs.)
General Manager, Corporate Affairs