Nigerian lady has taken to Twitter to narrate how how fire was coming out from a commercial flight she boarded yesterday.
The
lady identified as Korie Tochi took to the popular social media
platform to narrate how a local flight she boarded from Lagos to
Portharcourt yesterday, had fire coming out of its engine. See what she
wrote below;
So I almost died today. But apparently
God isn’t done with me yet. I know I’ll check out one day but it will be
in my 90s when I am old, bent over and lost all my teeth.
I boarded @AzmanAir 9:30 am 3/1/2019, Lagos to Portharcourt. I settled in between a man in his mid 50s
And
a girl of about 9yrs, some of her missing teeth reminded me of my
daughter Kamsi. I looked out of the window and noticed I was seated
close to the engine. I sighed and muttered “my ear go hear am today”. I
also noticed there where seemly more kids than adults too.
This
is going to be one very noisy flight. We took off smoothly and I closed
my eyes and dozed off. I woke up to a tap by a flight attendant. She
made to give me a pack of snacks, I declined. Not ready to spoil my
coffee and crossaint breakfast.
( this would have been my last
breakfast). Was about to close my ears again when I heard it, the engine
hit something… Must be a bird, the plane vibrated slightly. I would
have waved it aside if the flight attendant didn’t come peeping out the
window. I follwed his gaze
and saw the smoke. WHAT!!!! Is this for real
And that was the beginning of our nightmare. The plane started
vibrating. The pilot annouced we would land by 10:55 We neared the
runway,oya tyre come out, for where!!!We went back up amidst vibrating
plane and cries of scared kids
The pilot tried 3 other times to
land the plane and it didn’t work. Na then I know say water don pass
garri. Fire was coming out of the engine. I bent down and prayed for my
kids. I confessed my sins and asked God for forgiveness. Sent my sis Luu
and my closest friend a text.
Didn’t go into details because i
didn’t want them to panick. A certain peace envloped me. I was ready to
die. I told myself Jeff knows where all my important documents are. He
will answer any questions as I am about to die without leaving a will.
. I closed my eyes and waited for the inevitable to happen.
Then
the plane turned a fifth time and faced the run way. An elderly man got
up and implored all of us to start thanking God for the miracle he was
about to perform in our lives. We all started screaming and shouting
“thank
you Jesus”. I looked out the window and we were nearing the runway
again. I shut my eyes and prayed vehemently that this will be it. God
please do it for my kids sake. God heard us. The thud of the plane
landing was the best feeling ever. I wept.
Tears of gratitude.
Everyone was crying. People hugged each other. At that moment we were
one. Not Hausa or Igbo or Yoruba. Just a group of people united in our
fears and prayers. We survived. We didn’t die. We alighted to the
jubilation of the Airport workers. They witnessed it.
They were
down there praying for us. Fire service already poured water on the
runway to minimise the impact incase we crash landed.
God and the pilot’s expertise saved us.
God, who am i that you are mindful of me?
Please let me go and hug my children one more time.
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