Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Sunday, October 12, 2025, 08:13 / Updated Sunday, October 12, 2025 08:13
The plane with which the representative of Nigeria was forcibly landed, after the windshield of the cockpit cracked.
“Super Eagles” fired a grim fright before Tuesday, Uyo, against the Republic of Benin, in the World Cup preliminaries. A fault at the plane carrying the team on the way home, after a 2-1 victory over Lesotho, forced to land urgently.
The windshield of the plane that transported “Super Eagles” was cracked
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) revealed that a large crack appeared on the aircraft windshield about 25 minutes after taking off in Luanda, Angola, where a routine stop was made for refueling.
The cracked windshield of the Nigerians plane
This determined on the pilot of the Valuejet Airline aircraft to initiate emergency procedures and return to the airport. All those on board the plane, players, officials and government delegates, have been safely evacuated to landing – the Federation statement said.
Plans have already been developed for renting another plane to fly from Lagos and take over the delegation from Luanda. “The Valuejet airline and the relevant authorities of the Federal Government of Nigeria, including the Honorable Minister of Aviation, the Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Cabinet Head of Mr. President, Lkill hard to get the necessary beets and landing permits for another aircraft to fly from Lagos, take over the Luanda delegation and transport it to Uyo“, Said NFF.
Nigeria is in 3rd place in the qualification group at CM 2026
Nigeria is currently in the third place in the C Group of Africa qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico. Only the winners of the format automatically qualify for the final tournament, while the best four ranked in the second place goes to the play-off.
Nigeria na was in the world precedent, the one in Qatar (2022). It happened for the first time in 2006 to miss from the final tournament.
