An Air Peace aircraft inbound from Port Harcourt to Lagos executed an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Thursday, days after the suspension of Dana Air operations due to a runway excursion incident.

The airline disclosed the incident in a late Thursday post on its official communication platform. According to the statement, the emergency landing was prompted by the pilots’ observation of a fire warning indicator in the cockpit.

“We wish to inform the flying public of an incident that occurred during our Port Harcourt-Lagos flight P47193 of today, April 25, 2024,” the post read.

“Some minutes before landing, our Captain noticed a fire warning indicator in the cockpit. The pilots performed all safety precautionary measures and the fire indicator went off.

“The Captain immediately notified our Operations Control Centre in Lagos at 17:37hrs. It was determined upon landing that the alarm was falsely triggered as there was no fire event.”

The aircraft, which had 243 passengers and 12 crew members on board is said to have landed safely on the Runway18L of the Lagos airport.