There was thick smoke at the new terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Saturday afternoon, causing panic among airport users and passengers.
Although the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria described the situation as a minor incident, airport users who saw the smoke expressed worry over the development.
FAAN also stated that there was no fire at the facility and that its firemen were handling the situation, as operations would commence after the firemen were done.
“Of course, the smoke caused panic. An average person would naturally express worry when you see smoke coming out from a point in such a facility like this airport,” a traveller who simply identified himself as Gideon, stated.
But the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, Yakubu Henrietta, insisted that the situation was a minor incident and that it was handled by the authority.
“The incident was, however, swiftly curtailed by the in-built fire detection and protection system at the new terminal that triggered automatically,” Yakubu said.
She said the building was designed and built with fire detection protection system, adding that the system comes up when it senses high ambient temperatures and sprays fire extinguishing agent.
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