The Tunisian pilot who took the Super Eagles to Libya for the now delisted AFCON qualifier has said that the state of the Al-Abraq airport the plane was diverted to is so bad that landing there at night constituted absolute brisk......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
He said there was no vital infrastructure to support landing and if it had gone wrong, there would have been no second chance for them.
Speaking in a video interview, he said, “There is no ILS (Instrument Landing System), no air navigation approach, no VHR (VHF Omnidirectional Range). We had to make a visual landing, which is particularly difficult by night with marginal weather,” he said, adding that the airport’s lack of facilities left them with “no second chances” if the landing had gone wrong.
The pilot’s familiarity with the region, having worked there for two years with a Tunisian company, was crucial in managing the difficult landing.
