There was chaos on Friday morning at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammad Airport (domestic) when Arik Air passengers disrupted the operation of the airline over the cancellation of their flights.
Trixx NG learnt scores of passengers of the airline who had their Owerri flight cancelled on Thursday had stormed the Arik Air counter, insisting they must be airlifted to Owerri first before any other flight is operated.
This degenerated into rowdiness at the domestic airport (MM1) leaving passengers scheduled for morning flights stranded. The irate passengers also complained that the airline refused to give them food or water.
According to DailyTrust, the airline officials tried to pacifying the angry passengers who insisted their cancelled flight must be operated before any other flight today