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Panic As Abuja-Frankfurt Flight Drops 5,000 Feet Mid-Air

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Lufthansa airlines. Photo Credit: The Local – Germany

Fear and panic gripped the passengers on a Frankfurt-bound flight on Sunday when the LH595 flight, operated by the Lufthansa airline, suddenly descended mid-air from 35,000 feet to 5,000 feet, shortly after it took off.

Naija News gathered that the airplane left Nigeria’s capital Abuja for Frankfurt, Germany, at about 11.15 pm.

A passenger, anonymously told Premium Times that the aircraft crew, however, declined to make a stop at a nearby airport in spite of pleas from passengers.

The passenger explained that when the incident occurred about a few minutes past one hour into the flight, many passengers fell down, others were injured and many had some of their valuables fall from where they were kept.

According to him, due to the fear, the passengers could not be served food and drinks neither could the crew members attend to other welfare concerns.

He said, the airline claimed the incident was due to a combination of bad weather and faulty engine and not by human error.

Upon arrival in Germany, there were ambulances and fire fighters waiting to attend to the aircraft and its passengers who, according to our source, had become “almost dead”.

Premium Times reports that efforts to speak to the management of the airline proved abortive as at Tuesday morning.