Passengers escape death as flight heading to Lagos catches fire mid-air (watch video)

A Nigerian Lady, simply identified as Oriaku Okwesili Eze has shared details of how a major tragedy was averted aboard a flight in Port-Harcourt.

According to her, the Aero Flight she was on, which was headed to Lagos suffered a mechanical fault just 20 minutes after take off.

She shared video of the cabin filled up with smoke and of course distressed passengers expressed their fear as they were praying to God, while others began to shed tears before the craft landed safely.

Narrating the ordeal, Eze says one of the blades caught fire, which caused the cabin to fill up with smoke and for 35 minutes, passengers panicked.

See her tweets:

Every One on this aero contractor flight could have died today but for God. I'm grateful. Nigerian airports need new directors/ flights pic.twitter.com/KB65yWRJYw

— 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐊𝐔 (@puffypearl) April 18, 2017

Watch the video:

https://youtu.be/KCPm626Y0HI