Why Passengers Used Ladder To Disembark From Our Plane – Areo Contractors

Following the emergence of photos showing passengers disembarking from an Areo contractor flight with a ladder at the Bauchi Airport, the management of the airline has explained what really happened.

Explaining, Areo in a statement said the Bauchi airport had problems with unserviceable equipment by the airport management in disembarking about 34 passengers from Abuja.
“Consequently against the airline’s wish and operation safety guideline, the passengers used a ladder to disembark,” the airline said.

Speaking further; “Aero wishes to state that it took adequate and safety measures for this operation, including the airport’s ground staff crew to handle the air stairs equipment in Bauchi, unfortunately it became unserviceable at the point of disembarkation.
“Although the airline crew tried to calm down the passengers to wait while the equipment was being fixed, the passengers insisted on their own volition to disembark against all safety protocol of the airline,” Aero Airlines said in the statement.
Recall that in October 2015 Port Harcourt International Airport topped the rating of 10 worst airports in the world.