Nigeria’s Tremendous Eagles are lastly on their means residence after hours of uncertainty in Angola, following a mid-air emergency that compelled their ValueJet chartered flight to make an unscheduled return to Luanda on Saturday.
In line with Tremendous Eagles Media Officer, Promise Efoghe, all gamers and officers are secure and in good situation regardless of the incident.
The workforce was en route from Polokwane, South Africa, to Uyo, forward of Tuesday’s essential FIFA World Cup qualifying match in opposition to Benin Republic, when the plane developed the fault mid-air shortly after takeoff from a refueling cease in Luanda.
“We’re all high-quality and all is properly with the workforce,” Efoghe confirmed on Saturday evening. “We anticipate one other plane at 3 a.m. Nigerian time on Sunday, and we must be in Uyo within the early hours of the day. Luanda is about 4 hours to Nigeria.”
From our dependable supply, it was additionally gathered that ValueJet Airways instantly dispatched one other plane from Lagos to Luanda after coordinating with the Federal Ministry of Aviation, Ministry of International Affairs, and Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) to safe emergency flight clearances.
In the meantime, our correspondent solely learnt that the NFF would possibly take into account a slight adjustment to the workforce’s coaching schedule or shift in match preparation plans if the squad doesn’t arrive in Uyo on time to recuperate correctly earlier than Tuesday’s fixture.
Regardless of the disruption, experiences from contained in the camp recommend that the gamers stay calm and centered, keen to place the journey setback behind them and shift full consideration to the duty forward — securing a significant victory in opposition to Benin Republic to maintain Nigeria’s World Cup qualification hopes alive.
