The Super Eagles of Nigeria suffered a scare on Saturday when a window on their airplane developed a crack while they were en route home from South Africa.
This forced the ValueJet aircraft making the trip to make an emergency landing in Angola.
According to Sahara Reporters, a senior official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed the incident, describing it as “a close call that could have been worse.”
The aircraft, which was en route to Uyo, Akwa Ibom, for a crucial World Cup qualifying match, diverted after the pilot detected the fault midair.
Nigeria is set to face Benin Republic in a must win match to salvage chances of making it out of the Group C of the FIFA World Cup African qualifiers.
Benin Republic currently lead with 17 points, followed by South Africa with 15 and Nigeria with 14, heading into the final round of matches on Tuesday.
