A CL60 aircraft operated by Triton Aviation has carried out an emergency landing at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, following a report from its crew that a door had opened while in flight.
The aircraft, bearing registration number T7-SEI, left Abuja for Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at 4:17 on Thursday.
Based on the serious incident report, the aircraft was roughly three nautical miles from the airport at 3,000 feet when the crew issued a “MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY” distress call at 4:20.
The crew stated that a door had opened in flight, which led air traffic control to guide the aircraft back to Abuja for an emergency landing on Runway 22.
The report read: “At 1620 UTC, APP-RADAR informed Tower DWCO52 a CL60 with registration marking T7SEI that departed Abuja at 1617 UTC on runway 22 to DNMM at 3 nautical miles outbound, passing 3000 ft, and made a MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY call.
“DWC052 reported an open door in flight. Radar directed the aircraft back to land on runway 22.
“16:22 UTC, the fire watch room and medical team are informed to be on standby. Information pertaining to the flight passed to the fire watch room. The fire watch asked to position at A4 and A5.
“At 16:29 UTC, Abuja Tower was in contact with DWC052, and the crew asked Tower if they could see their door opened.
“The Duty air traffic controller (DATCO) used the biocular to view the aircraft but was unable to view the door because of the position of the aircraft, and the crew was advised.
The report read: “At 1620 UTC, APP-RADAR informed Tower DWCO52 a CL60 with registration marking T7SEI that departed Abuja at 1617 UTC on runway 22 to DNMM at 3 nautical miles outbound, passing 3000 ft, and made a MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY call.
DWC052 reported an open door in flight. Radar directed the aircraft back to land on runway 22.
The team said, “Yes, it happened. The investigators are there. We will be releasing an official statement shortly.”
