Co- pilot of Air Peace, David Bernard, has told his own side of the tale revolving around the airline’s incident at the Port-Harcourt airport in Rivers State.
Speaking on Arise Television, Bernard said he discovered that the approach of the captain was not stable, stating that he advised bim, but the captain refused to heed.
He said that the captain was not following the Landing System that is usually used during landing.
“The incident happened on the 13th of July, 2025. I was the pilot monitoring officer that day. It was good weather and good visibility.
“Everything was going well and smoothly until 500 feet, when the captain disconnected the autopilot to manual to fly the plane for the approach.
“So as he disconnected the autopilot 500 feet, he was becoming high on the approach. I advised him that, Commander, you are high for this approach, we should initiate a go around. And he didn’t listen to me.
“And he continued the approach. We crossed the runway at about 200 feet. That’s the threshold. We came to land just after the middle of the runway.
“And he was so reluctant to use the reverse. That’s the reverse thrust, which I had to do manually and bring the plane to a stop by myself,” he said.
