74 Passengers Escape Crash as Abuja-Bound Med View Plane develops Fault After Take-Off

An air disaster was averted on Sunday when an Abuja-bound aircraft
made a return to Lagos after one of its engines developed a mechanical
fault mid-air. The plane belonging to Med View Airline made the
emergency return to the Lagos Airport.
Channels TV reports that the plane, a Boeing 737-400 series marked
5N-BPA had 74 passengers on board. The pilot had to make a return
mid-air when he heard a loud bang at theengine side of the aircraft.
There was immediate loss of thrust on the same engine andas a
precautionary measure the pilot made a return.
The plane landed safely with one engine and the passengers were
thereafter transferred to another of the airline's aircraft, a Boeing
737-80 series and flown to Abuja safely.
Med View Airline commenced operations on Nigeria's domestic routes in
November 2012.
Source: bellanaija