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Air Peace says its Port Harcourt-Lagos flight landed at the destination airport earlier than scheduled, following a presumed fire incident on the aircraft.

In a statement on Thursday, the management of Air Peace said a few minutes before landing, the aircraft’s captain noticed a fire warning indicator in the cockpit.

The airline said upon landing, it was discovered that the alarm was falsely triggered as ‘there was no fire event”.

“We wish to inform the flying public of an incident that occurred during our Port Harcourt-Lagos flight P47193 of today, April 25, 2024,” the statement reads.

“Some minutes before landing, our Captain noticed a fire warning indicator in the cockpit. The pilots performed all safety precautionary measures and the fire indicator went off.

“The Captain immediately notified our Operations Control Center in Lagos at 17:37hrs.

“It was determined upon landing that the alarm was falsely triggered as there was no fire event.” 

According to the airline, the plane landed safely and all passengers disembarked “normally”.

Air Peace reassured the travellers that safety remains its top priority, expressing unwavering commitment.

On April 17, an Owerri-bound Air Peace flight turned back to Abuja over ‘sunset operations’ at its destination airport.