{"id":58320,"date":"2024-12-22T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T15:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58320"},"modified":"2024-12-22T15:43:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T15:43:58","slug":"air-peace-clarifies-viral-crowded-airstairs-video-fault-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/22\/air-peace-clarifies-viral-crowded-airstairs-video-fault-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Peace Clarifies Viral Crowded Airstairs Video, fault passengers\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Air Peace has addressed the viral video showing passengers rushing to board a flight from Abuja to Lagos on Friday, explaining that the incident resulted from passengers disregarding boarding procedures.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement signed by the airline&#8217;s Head of Communications, Dr. Ejike Ndiulo, the disruption was caused by weather-related delays due to harmattan haze, which impacted flight schedules.<\/p>\n<p>To mitigate the situation, the airline deployed three aircraft to airlift passengers.<\/p>\n<p>However, when one of the aircraft arrived, passengers, who had waited for about two hours, overwhelmed security officials and rushed toward the aircraft, leading to the crowded scene on the boarding stairs captured in the video.<\/p>\n<p>The statement emphasized Air Peace\u2019s commitment to safety, stating, \u201cAt Air Peace, safety is not just a priority but a fundamental precondition for all our activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The airline expressed regret for the inconvenience caused by the delays and criticized the video for spreading misinformation and misrepresenting its operations.<\/p>\n<p>Air Peace reaffirmed its dedication to ensuring safe and efficient travel for its passengers, assuring customers of its continued focus on providing reliable services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu\u00a0 Air Peace has addressed the viral video showing passengers rushing to board a flight from Abuja to Lagos on Friday, explaining that the incident resulted from passengers disregarding boarding procedures. According to a statement signed by the airline&#8217;s Head of Communications, Dr. Ejike Ndiulo, the disruption was caused by weather-related delays due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58322,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58320\/revisions\/58322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}