LAGOS— Aerocontractors was, Monday, locked in a battle of wit with members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, following its inability to fly them to their destination.
While the PSN members agitated for a refund of their money, the airline insisted on putting them in another flight to Enugu, where they were billed to attend the association’s annual conference commencing today.
Trouble started when the aircraft flying the group to Enugu developed a technical problem, which compelled the pilot to make an air return to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, where it took off.
Vanguard learnt that as soon as the aircraft touched down in Lagos, the airline management made frantic efforts to discharge the passengers into another aircraft for continuation of the journey to Enugu.
However, it was learnt that closure of the airport to traffic by 6:00 pm put paid to that plan, and this was said to have prompted the passengers to clamour for a refund of their money, which the airline officials refused to accede to.
One of the pharmacists on board the plane, Tijani Ayobola, expressed regrets about the shabby manner they were treated by Aero officials, and appealed to the airline management to prevail on its officials at the airport to refund their money.
The airline officials at the airport kept mum when Vanguard sought their comments about the development.
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