Experts in the aviation
industry have expressed
surprise over the survival of a teenager stowaway,
DanielOikhena, who hid in the wheel well of Arik Air
aircraft used for flight W3 544 from Benin Airport to
the Murtala Muhammed Airport, MMA, Lagos.
It will be recalled that the teenager apparently
sneaked into the aircraft main wheel well at the Benin
Airport after he had beaten security checks at the
airport, but he was arrestedby Arik Air personnel and
handed over to Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria,
FAAN, security upon arrival at the Murtala
Muhammed. Airport, Lagos when he cameout of
hiding.
Speaking on how Daniel could have survived at the
nose wheel of the aircraft, an aviation expert and
Managing Director of Belujane Consult, Mr. Chris
Aligbe said there was no expert in the aviation
industry that could give a satisfactory explanation to
what happened, stressing that the boy survival
was indeed miraculous.
He further noted that the boy survival could be
as a result of the short distance that the plane
flew,noting that from Benin to Lagos airport was just
35 minutes of flight time.
He said that the aircraft did not ascend high into the
skyas it only flew at 10,000 feetabove sea level.
Aligbe, however, stressed that if the distance was a
long haul flight, like from Lagos to London, the
teenager would have frozento death, stressing that
the higher an aircraft ascends into the sky, the cooler
the nose wheel apartment becomes.
He said that was the major reason why people that
stowed away from Lagos to other parts of the world
are found dead upon arrival at their destination.
In such cases he said, the airline staff often found the
corpses of such people on landing.
It was a miracle
He said: There is no aviation experts that can give
you a satisfactory explanation on the incident.
The nostril of the aircraft is not designed for anybody
tostay in. The boy survival was miraculously
done by God because the aircraft could have crushed
the boy when the plane was retracting its tyres.��
��Although the hole is a bit wide, it is not meant for
anybody to stay in.
There isno scientific explanation to it, there is no
aviation expert or technology that could explain how
that boy survived onboard that aircraft.
He survived because of his size, Ore
Also speaking, Chairman of Aviation Round Table,
ART, Captain Dele Ore, explained that the boy
survived because of his size and more so, the flight
was for ashort distance which was not more than
10,000 feet.
Ore said based on the small size of the boy, he was
not crushed to death on the wheels where he hid
himself.
The ART chairman further said had the flight been a
place like United States of America, the plane would
have flown above 25,000- 35000 feet, the boy would
have died in five minutes because the place he hid
himself was not a pressurized area.
Group volunteers to sponsor his education
Meantime, De Raufs, a volunteer group extolling the
virtues of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Governor of Osun
State, has volunteered to sponsor 15-year-old
stowaway teenager, Daniel Oikhena, who hid in the
tyre compartment of Arik Air flightfrom Benin to
Lagos.
In a statement signed by theDirector General of the
group, Comrade Amitolu pootu, the group is ready
togive scholarship to Daniel up to university level and
help him realise his dream oftravelling by air
legitimately.
pootu said: Genius and ambitious citizen of our
country must not be suffocated on the alter of
political and bureaucratic enforcement. The little
boy ambition should be nurtured through
qualitative education, and the group is ready to give
the boy all thenecessary support to make his dream a
reality.
We sincerely willing to offer him the scholarship
to encourage thousands of teenagers who are
cerebral and ambitious.
The leaders in Nigeria fail on their part to see the
potential of the little boy. Therefore, De Raufs takes
up the responsibility to safe the future of this great
boy and not turning him to criminal.
surprise over the survival of a teenager stowaway,
DanielOikhena, who hid in the wheel well of Arik Air
aircraft used for flight W3 544 from Benin Airport to
the Murtala Muhammed Airport, MMA, Lagos.
It will be recalled that the teenager apparently
sneaked into the aircraft main wheel well at the Benin
Airport after he had beaten security checks at the
airport, but he was arrestedby Arik Air personnel and
handed over to Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria,
FAAN, security upon arrival at the Murtala
Muhammed. Airport, Lagos when he cameout of
hiding.
Speaking on how Daniel could have survived at the
nose wheel of the aircraft, an aviation expert and
Managing Director of Belujane Consult, Mr. Chris
Aligbe said there was no expert in the aviation
industry that could give a satisfactory explanation to
what happened, stressing that the boy survival
was indeed miraculous.
He further noted that the boy survival could be
as a result of the short distance that the plane
flew,noting that from Benin to Lagos airport was just
35 minutes of flight time.
He said that the aircraft did not ascend high into the
skyas it only flew at 10,000 feetabove sea level.
Aligbe, however, stressed that if the distance was a
long haul flight, like from Lagos to London, the
teenager would have frozento death, stressing that
the higher an aircraft ascends into the sky, the cooler
the nose wheel apartment becomes.
He said that was the major reason why people that
stowed away from Lagos to other parts of the world
are found dead upon arrival at their destination.
In such cases he said, the airline staff often found the
corpses of such people on landing.
It was a miracle
He said: There is no aviation experts that can give
you a satisfactory explanation on the incident.
The nostril of the aircraft is not designed for anybody
tostay in. The boy survival was miraculously
done by God because the aircraft could have crushed
the boy when the plane was retracting its tyres.��
��Although the hole is a bit wide, it is not meant for
anybody to stay in.
There isno scientific explanation to it, there is no
aviation expert or technology that could explain how
that boy survived onboard that aircraft.
He survived because of his size, Ore
Also speaking, Chairman of Aviation Round Table,
ART, Captain Dele Ore, explained that the boy
survived because of his size and more so, the flight
was for ashort distance which was not more than
10,000 feet.
Ore said based on the small size of the boy, he was
not crushed to death on the wheels where he hid
himself.
The ART chairman further said had the flight been a
place like United States of America, the plane would
have flown above 25,000- 35000 feet, the boy would
have died in five minutes because the place he hid
himself was not a pressurized area.
Group volunteers to sponsor his education
Meantime, De Raufs, a volunteer group extolling the
virtues of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Governor of Osun
State, has volunteered to sponsor 15-year-old
stowaway teenager, Daniel Oikhena, who hid in the
tyre compartment of Arik Air flightfrom Benin to
Lagos.
In a statement signed by theDirector General of the
group, Comrade Amitolu pootu, the group is ready
togive scholarship to Daniel up to university level and
help him realise his dream oftravelling by air
legitimately.
pootu said: Genius and ambitious citizen of our
country must not be suffocated on the alter of
political and bureaucratic enforcement. The little
boy ambition should be nurtured through
qualitative education, and the group is ready to give
the boy all thenecessary support to make his dream a
reality.
We sincerely willing to offer him the scholarship
to encourage thousands of teenagers who are
cerebral and ambitious.
The leaders in Nigeria fail on their part to see the
potential of the little boy. Therefore, De Raufs takes
up the responsibility to safe the future of this great
boy and not turning him to criminal.
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