Air Peace Nigeria Limited has refuted and described as falsehood a Sahara report about a windshield shattering on its flight from Akure to Abuja.
The airline said there was only a crack on the windshield, adding that there was no panic on the passengers, as claimed by the report.
Air Peace promised to stick to its priority standard in the cause of its operations.
The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to a Sahara report about a windshield shattering on Air Peace Flight from Akure to Abuja, which supposedly “caused panic on the flying passenger.”
“We would like to state clearly that there was no such “panic event” on the said flight. On the contrary, it was a smooth flight that landed safely without any abnormal event.
“The windshield had a crack on the outer layer of the front window of the First Officer’s side, which was discovered by the cockpit crew.
“On no account was the safety of the flight or safety of the passengers jeopardised in the process. This particular flight operated Normal from Akure to Abuja and landed safely in Abuja without any unsafe events or safety concerns.
“On landing Abuja airport, the pilots did their normal workaround and reported the cracked outer layer of one of the windshield to the engineers who immediately commenced the replacement of the cracked windshield.
“It is however, wrong and unacceptable for people to peddle falsehood just to tarnish the image of the airline when, in actual fact, there was never any development that caused panic on the passengers of this flight.
“This is false, and such negative report should be discouraged and stopped immediately.
“Air Peace will never jeopardise the safety of its esteemed passengers and will continue to prioritise the highest standard of safety in its operations.”