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AIR CRASH AVERTED: 464 Pilgrims Escape Death At Sokoto Airport; Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing Yesterday Morning.

An accident was averted on [Nov. 10] at the Sultan Abubakar International Airport, Sokoto, as a Max Airline aircraft was forced to make a crisis emergency landing about 2:40am.

The aircraft was conveying 464 pilgrims, including Hajj officials from Sokoto and Zamfara states. The incidence is the second after having a Kabo Airline aircraft escaped an identical crash in the beginning of this year's Hajj exercise.

The aircraft hovered for about 20 minutes, after three attempts, before landing. On board were Zamfara Deputy Governor and the state Amirul Hajj, Ibrahim Wakkala along with other state officials. Also up to speed were the Sokoto State Amirul Hajj, Jubril Gada and the Chairman of the State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Muntari Maigona.

The aircraft was reported to be carrying the past batch of pilgrims from the zone, comprising those from Sokoto and Zamfara states.

A traveler, Faruku Umar, said:
The aircraft was supposed to have landed at 2.40am but it could not do this until around 3am. It was only in a position to land after making two futile attempts and it landed during the 3rd attempt, but with difficulty.

Most of us knew that there is a problem and it was a harrowing experience. We were, however, prayerful.
The airport's Acting Manager, Madu Bukar, said:

We mobilised all of the fire engines and other facilities and personnel required during a emergency landing. Luckily, the aircraft landed without any hitch and there is no damage to any airport facility.

All of the passengers were thereafter safely evacuated and as I'm talking to you at this point , the aircraft is parked at the airport.

His parents

A 10-year-old Chinese boy jumped 30 floors to his death after failing to write a self-criticism letter demanded by his teacher. The fifth-grade primary school student had been ordered to write a 1,000-character apology by his teacher for talking in class but refused.

The educator allegedly told him to jump out of a building after he failed to accomplish the task, a written report quoted relatives and the neighbour as saying.

"Teacher, I can't get it done," was found written in one of his true textbooks, CNR said. "I flinched several times when I tried to jump from the building."

The kid smashed right into a parked car under the flat where his family live. His furious relatives posted a banner outside the college in the southwestern city of Chengdu reading:

"The teacher forced our kid to jump off the building ".

The police investigation is still under way. Strict discipline is an important part of China's education system and culture, and tradition demands deference to authority, putting children under pressure to obey instructions.

The boy's school said today on its verified account on Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter, that the kid and some of his classmates had been ordered to write reviews of these behaviour after they disturbed a speaking competition. He died "by accident", it said