Afrigather The pilot in control of the Tremendous Eagles plane has come out to relate how the Nigerian crew had been denied entry to land on the Benghazi Benina airport in Libya, Soccernet.ng studies.
The three-time AFCON winners had been set for a visit to Benghazi from Nigeria, however they had been redirected once they tried to land on the airport. They ended up on the Al-Abraq Worldwide airport, 300km away from their meant vacation spot.
Talking after Nigeria landed, the Tunisian aviation officer revealed he reached out to the Benghazi airport nothing lower than eight occasions, however was repeatedly turned down.
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“The flight plan was to land in Benghazi as our vacation spot and we bought the approval from the Libyan authorities to land there, however sadly after we had been at a detailed distance, we had been informed to divert to a different airport which is about 300km away from our vacation spot.
It was far and in the direction of the east and never part of our coordinates. It’s one thing that’s not good as a result of in aviation, we’ve got our flight plan and calculate the quantity of gasoline that’ll take us by way of so we’ve got to keep away from points like this as a result of it might hamper with our security.
After we had been about to land in Benghazi, they informed us no, citing it was an order from the very best authority
In aviation, we can’t disguise something. I requested them no less than eight occasions however they repeated the identical factor, saying we can’t land there. Thank God we made it safely and we landed safely.We have now all of the evidences they usually’re properly documented,” the Tunisian aeronaut defined.
After over 13 hours in Libya, the Tremendous Eagles had been cleared to return house and the pilot flew them in yesterday night after they selected to boycott their AFCON 2025 sport in opposition to the house facet.
