Saturday, May 2, 2015

Passengers Stranded as Fuel Scarcity Grounds International Flights

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The ongoing fuel scarcity has prevented thousands of passengers from travelling to their various destinations in the world, Punch reports.

Thousands were stranded at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on Friday night as scarcity of aviation fuel grounded most international flights.

Reports say the passengers had arrived the airport and proceeded to check in, but waited for hours without being attended to at the various counters.

It was only when some of the passengers started protesting that officials of South Africa Airways disclosed to them that flights had been cancelled due to scarcity of aviation fuel.

There was no official at the Arik Air office and counter to attend to the worried passengers.

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