Man causes panic by climbing plane on airport runway
It took security agents more than 30 minutes to respond to the scene and arrest the man.
The man's action left passengers in a panic before security agents showed up on the scene [Instagram/otto_orondaam]
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The Azman Airline aircraft was at the airport's holding bay expecting clearance for take-off to Port Harcourt when the incident occurred.
A passenger on the plane raised alarm on social media about how the man ran from the bush to the aircraft with a bag he later dropped inside one of its engine.
"So our flight was taxing on the runway and about taking off when this man shows up running towards the moving aircraft from the bush.
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"The pilot and a few passengers spotted him running towards the aircraft and the pilot immediately slowed down and quickly put off the engine.
"The guy approaches the plane with gloves and starts walking around and under the aircraft holding a bag which he dropped inside the engine," the passenger, Otto Orondaam, narrated on his Instagram account (otto_orondaam).
He disclosed that the man was later apprehended by security agents 37 minutes after he first approached the plane, after which passengers disembarked.
The General Manager, Corporate Affairs, of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN), Henrietta Yakubu, said the man was arrested and detained by Aviation Security (AVSEC) personnel.
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