"BREAKING: Obasanjo, 393 Others Escape Crash On Ethiopian Airlines," the headline reads. Ugh, not again on Ethiopian Airlines! They've had a rough enough year as it is. The story continues: "Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian president and other Nigerians escaped death on Wednesday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport when an Ethiopian Airlines plane almost crashed."
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This video explains it all and I can totally believe those reports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3QICk6oi_0
When it comes to airlines , passengers and the media alike have a tendency to exaggerate everything and overdramatise.
Sure it was a little scary but well handled
I guess this was Nigeria’s version of The Daily Mail. A British tabloid that sensationalises everything
Judging from the terrible spelling, grammar, and elementary school-like tone of the article, I don't think this is a periodical or newspaper A. To be taken seriously by anyone or B. Worthy of being cited on the internet by travel blogs.
@AJO Collective noun, acceptable to use either. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/media
This is pretty standard African newspaper fare. When I lived in Malawi I loved reading breathless reporting about witchcraft incidents in the main national newspaper.
As a Nigerian American, I can tell you Nigerians are very dramatic. You've just experienced it. Cheers!
@err, I was expecting to be offended by the video you posted only to discover everything he said is true! Nigerians are a special breed of dramatic.
The picture sure looks like an A350 XWB to me, not a 777 300ER.
Pretty all the same.
To be fair, they are far from the only media that is dramatic regarding aircraft incidents. There was (from memory) an AA flight to SYD last year where they had to prioritise landing due to low fuel (much stronger than expected headwinds I think). The plane had nearly half an hours fuel left at landing, but dear lord the Australian media, you'd have thought the thing had plunged into the sea given how much they made of it. I travel frequently to Africa and have done so for many years, Ethiopian is a stand out in the region for safety. There are a few I really wouldn't fly unless there was absolutely no alternative option.
This is pretty standard African newspaper fare. When I lived in Malawi I loved reading breathless reporting about witchcraft incidents in the main national newspaper.
While I agree that the Nigerian media outlet exaggerated the incident...fact is that go-arounds are a hazard, more than realized.
There’s an optical illusion that happens, and has caused several crashes, though the optical illusion is mainly during night hours.