The Management of Max Air, on Thursday, confirmed that its aircraft, Flight VM1623 with registration Number 5N-BBM, experienced an engine fire incident shortly after takeoff from the Muhammadu Buhari International Airport in Maiduguri.
PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported that an aircraft belonging to Max Air experienced an engine fire incident shortly after takeoff from the Maiduguri airport on Wednesday evening.
Airport sources who spoke to this medium on Thursday morning said the incident necessitated the aircraft, which was en route to Abuja with nearly 80 passengers on board, including the Deputy Governor of Borno State, Usman Kadafur, to make an emergency return to the Maiduguri Airport.
