400 NIGERIAN HAJJ PILGRIMS ESCAPE DEATH AS PLANE'S TYRES BURST

48 hours after an Associated Airlines plane
crashed while taking off at the domestic
wing of the Murtala Mohammed Aiport,
Lagos killing 13 of the 20 passengers and
crew on board.
No fewer than 400 pilgrims heading to
Saudi Arabia escaped death on Saturday
morning when the tyres of their aircraft
burst while taxiing for take off.
BBC Hausa Service reports that the aircraft
belonging to Kabo Air was taking the
pilgrims from Aminu Kano International
Airport, Kano to Saudi Arabia when its
tyres burst, forcing it to abort its take off.
The 400 passengers were swiftly evacuated.
According to Sahara Reporters, The Boeing
747 jumbo jet which left Kano on Friday en
route to Saudi Arabia had to divert to
Sokoto after several of its tyres exploded
immediately after it took off the Aminu
Kano International Airport in Kano. All the
passengers aboard the airline have been
evacuated from the plane and lodged in a
hotel in the ancient city.

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