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Passengers narrowly escaped death as Aero Contractors’ flight loses engine five minutes after take off

Over one hundreds passengers escaped death on Monday as an Abuja bound Aero Contractors flight returned to Port Harcourt five minutes after take-off as one of the aircraft engines was lost to bird strike.

One of the passengers, Ufuoma Bernard, said Aero Contractors’ aircraft suffered bird strike five minutes after take-off to Abuja.

Bernard further stated that the aircraft landed back in Port Harcourt airport successful with crew and passengers.

Recalled that two months ago, a Lagos bound Aero Contractors flight returned to Kano after one of the engines of the aircraft was hit by bird during take-off.

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