Air Peace removes passenger from Abuja-bound flight over menace to ‘burn down’ plane

The incident occurred on Monday aboard Flight P47866, which was getting ready for take-off.

The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection on the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Michael Achimugu, disclosed this in a submit on X.

Achimugu, who did not state the departure location, recognized the passenger as Celestine Ezeudu, alleging that he repeatedly refused directions from cabin crew to cease taking footage and put away his system because the plane ready for departure.

According to him, the captain was instantly alerted and initiated a ramp return at 15:57 hours, ensuing within the passenger’s elimination from the plane.

Achimugu added that the passenger’s travelling companion additionally voluntarily disembarked.

He additional disclosed that Ezeudu, whereas being questioned, claimed his anger was triggered by lacking an earlier flight.

“In the crew room, Ezeudu claimed that his anger stemmed from missing an earlier flight, but he did not know that his behaviour would lead to a ramp return,” Achimugu added.

The NCAA official’s account didn’t point out whether or not the passenger would face additional sanctions over the incident.