{"id":7917,"date":"2013-08-07T18:40:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T18:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/passengers-stranded-at-lagos-airport-over-kenya-inferno\/"},"modified":"2013-08-07T18:40:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T18:40:25","slug":"passengers-stranded-at-lagos-airport-over-kenya-inferno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/passengers-stranded-at-lagos-airport-over-kenya-inferno\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers stranded at Lagos airport over Kenya inferno"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FOLLOWING  a massive fire at the arrival hall of Jomo Kenyatta International airport, forcing the closure of East Africa\u2019s largest airport and the re-routing of all inbound flights, the country’s national carrier, Kenya Airways Wednesday cancelled all its international flights to and from the country including the ones from Nigeria. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is a regional hub for East Africa and its closure has disrupted long-distance flights to other countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cancellation of the flights however led to  hundreds of travellers of the airline from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, stranded.<\/span><\/p>\n

By late Wednesday<\/span><\/span>, the airport re-opened for domestic and cargo flights, an official said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fire did not damage the domestic or departure terminals, which are separated from the arrivals hall by a road.<\/span><\/p>\n

The massive, early-morning fire sent billows of black smoke high into Nairobi’s sky. The blaze burned for more than four hours before officials declared it contained, and flames continued to burn two more hours after that.<\/span><\/p>\n

When The Guardian visited the counters of the carrier at the airport, officials declined to speak as they were seen attending to people who came to acquire about the situation and to know when their trip would be rescheduled for.<\/span><\/p>\n

But one of the officials who declined to reveal her identity however disclosed that all the passengers of the airline emanating from Kenya to other airports in the globe including Nigeria could not depart the airport as originally planned, but assured that they would be taken care by the airline pending when the situation would be put under control. <\/span><\/p>\n

She could not confirm if the airline would resume flight operation today but assured that the Kenyan Government was handling the situation with a view to resuming normal operations as quickly as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides, the boarding counter of the airline was empty as its usual banner advertising its presence was conspicuously missing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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