Saudi Arabia bound AZMAN Air plane catches fire in Kano
By Abdulgafar Oladimeji
A Nigerian commercial airline AZMAN air conveying passenger to Saudi Arabia has been gutted with fire , Kanorpeorters.com can reveal.
Sources informed our reporter that the aircraft billed for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia was about leaving from Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport , when the incident occurred.
The aircraft was billed to convey passenger to the Holy Land for Umrah pilgrimage, when the lower part of the aircraft was gutted with fire .
Sources disclosed that the aircraft was schedule to airlift over 120 passengers billed to take off at about 10 pm.
The source noted that the pilot resort to suspending the journey, following the fire incident.
Our correspondent reports that , in the early hours of Friday a video went viral on social media handles showing those who escaped the incident narrating their experiences over the incidence .
