Super Eagles Land Safely In Uyo After Mid-Air Incident

The Super Eagles of Nigeria person safely arrived successful Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, up of Tuesday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying clash against the Benin Republic aft a tense 24-hour hold caused by a mid-air incidental involving their chartered aircraft.

Their accomplishment was confirmed connected Sunday greeting successful a station via the authoritative X grip of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), which said the squad touched down astatine the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, astatine 8:05 a.m. section time.

“The @NGSuperEagles person yet arrived Uyo aft a hold successful Luanda, Angola, owed to issues with the craft conveying them backmost location aft the triumph implicit Lesotho. Now to get 1 implicit Benin! Yes. We can,” the station read.

The squad had been stranded successful Luanda, Angola, aft their ValueJet craft developed a responsibility soon aft take-off during a refuelling halt connected their instrumentality from Polokwane, South Africa, wherever they defeated Lesotho.

According to the NFF, the craft was forced to marque an exigency instrumentality to Luanda aft the aviator detected a cracked windscreen mid-air, prompting information protocols to beryllium activated.

“However, aft a regular refuelling halt successful Luanda, Angola, wherever the level besides stopped to refuel connected Thursday night, and wherever the aforesaid level had stopped to refuel to and from Bloemfontein successful South Africa for the Matchday 8 brushwood betwixt the Super Eagles and the Bafana Bafana past period — the craft suffered a cracked windscreen mid-air aft take-off, and the aviator did good to usher the aeroplane safely backmost to the airdrome successful Luanda,”
the NFF said successful an earlier statement.

The Federation added that alternate question arrangements were swiftly made, with different craft flown from Lagos to convey the delegation backmost to Nigeria.

The ValueJet level had earlier transported portion of the team’s delegation to Polokwane connected Thursday night, arriving connected Friday morning.

With the question disruption present down them, the Super Eagles are expected to resume afloat grooming connected Sunday evening successful Uyo arsenic they hole to look Benin Republic successful their past World Cup qualifier.