By Our Reporter - 02.08.2007

The Bellview plane, according to passengers, stayed for quite some time in the air before it could land, while the Chanchangi plane had to go to Kaduna before eventually landing at Abuja.

Reports showed that at a point when the Bellview aircraft attempted to land, the navigational equipment on the ground misdirected the aircraft.

Nigerian Tribune was told that the pilot was directed to enter the airport from a wrong direction and had to wait for an immediate upward movement of the aircraft to avoid a plane crash.

Pilot of the plane was said to have told passengers that the fault was not his own, but that of the faulty grand navigational equipment.

Passengers also relayed story of how the Bellview plane entered turbulence weather, while staying in the sky, as a result of its inability to land.

Apart from the faulty equipment, the heavy rain and cloudy weather in Abuja was said to have contributed to the incident.

Passengers aboard the Bellview aircraft, including General Chris Alli, Kenny Martins and many other dignitaries went into prayer sessions immediately the plane landed.

When the Nigerian Tribune contacted the aviation officials at the airport, none of them was ready to comment on the incident.